"Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, Russia" Top 5 Page for this destination Irkutsk by Kap2
Irkutsk Travel Guide: 184 reviews and 632 photos
"The city of Irkutsk is dandy. It is quite a European city...."
Anton Chekhov
The River Angara provides hydroelectric power to industry and 600,000 people in Irkutsk.
Many inhabitants of Siberia are exiles or descendants of exiles... this included many intellectuals creating an air of intellectuality far away from Europe....
A poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1955)
We grow more candid as we grow up.
There is fate to thank for that.
And changes in life coincide
with major changes in ourselves.
If we see people differently
than we saw them before,
if we discover
something new in them,
then that means
it surfaced first in ourselves.
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Bus station
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The bus station is the other side of the town of the railway for inter-urban travel, close to where to the Decembrist... more travel advice
Train station, Irkutsk
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The train station is opposite side of the river to the centre of the town. 5,185 km by rail from Moscow more travel advice
Eat cheaply at the university
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Budget option, unversity's often have low cost canteens... the larger campuses often have security but once you will... more travel advice
Quiet hotel in the city centre
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The room was clean and tidy, with television (Russian only), buffet breakfast and a small bar (enough room for 4 or 5... more travel advice
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regonice the chairs!!!!
a good start ! I will be back for more !
Nice start...waiting for more :)