Location: Republic of Buryatia
Top Things to do in Republic of Buryatia
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What to do and see in Republic of Buryatia, Siberian District: The Best Monuments & Statues
The Republic of Buryatia (Russian: Респу́блика Буря́тия, tr. Respublika Buryatiya, IPA: [rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə]; Buryat: Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, [bʊrˈjaːt ʊˈlas]) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in Asia in Siberia. Its capital is the city of Ulan-Ude. Its area is 351,300 square kilometers (135,600 sq mi) with a population of 972,021 (2010 Census).
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1. Monument to M.K. Yangel
2. Monument to Baby Mammoth and Its Mother
3. Monument Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
4. Memorable Sign A.V. Vampilov
5. Obelisk the Northernmost Point of Lake Baikal
6. Monument to the Founders of Irkutsk
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 308 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
When strolling along the Nizhnya Naberezhnaya, the Lower Embankment, one will come to an about 6m high monument, just opposite the place, where the river Irkut flows into the larger Angara river. This is supposed to be the spot, where in 1661 the Cossack leader Yakov Pokhabov had an 'ostrog' built, a for Russia and especially Siberia typical small fortress out of wood and surrounded by a palisade. Pokhabov had been in the area since 15 years already, visiting the Khan of Mongolia and exploring Lake Baikal, occupied with gold trading and collecting fur taxes for the tsar from the local Buryats. Before a dam was built the stretch of the Angara river from here to Lake Baikal had been almost impossible to navigate. so Irkutsk began to develop, especially as a center of commerce between Russia and China, so another 15 years after the construction of the ostrog Irkutsk received town rights. the monument was unveiled in 2011, thus 350 years after the foundation of Irkutsk. On top of a tall red marble pedestal is a bronze statue of a typical cossack, only later named after Yakov Pokhabov. The monument is the creation of Mikhail Pereyaslavets, the prolific Moscow sculptor, best known for his work of patriotic-military figures. In Irkutsk can be seen another sculpture of his: the Monument to the Wives of the Decembrists near the Volkonsky Manor House.
7. Monument to Admiral Alexander Kolchak
8. Monument to Lenin
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 403 reviews
Reviewed By SiberianVoyager - New York City, United States
Centrally located huge statue of Lenin is an easy and free to visit attraction. Good for children, who do not know who Lenin was:) - all they need to know that his head statue made it to the Guinness book of records
9. Monument Hammer and Sickle
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
