Things To Do in Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House, Restaurants in Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House
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Top 6 History Museums in Lake Baikal, Siberian District
Discover the best top things to do in Lake Baikal, Russia including Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House, Irkutsk Town History Museum, Museum of Urban Life, Irkutsk Regional Historical and Memorial Museum of Decembrists, Irkutsk Aircraft History Museum, Irkutsk State Technical University History Museum.
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10 Things to Do in Irkutsk Oblast That You Shouldn't Miss
Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: 2,428,750 (2010 Census).
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The 10 Best Things to Do in Irkutsk, Russia
Founded in the mid-17th century as a winter quarters for traders and tax collectors, Irkutsk came to prominence in the 1800s. Participants in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I were exiled to Siberia in droves, turning Irkutsk into their cultural center. Today, it’s one of Siberia’s biggest and most important cities, with over half a million people, many universities, many historic churches and museums, and beautiful Lake Baikal, just about an hour away by train.