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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.

The Paris of Siberia

Many inhabitants of Siberia are exiles or descendants of exiles... this included many intellectuals creating an air of intellectuality far away from Europe....

Zima Junction (an extract)

Yevgeny Yevtushenko b. 1933

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.

Last visit to Irkutsk: Jun 2003
Intro Updated Jun 5, 2006
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Reviews (13)

Bus station Transportation (2)

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 Transportation (2)

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 Restaurants (1)

Budget option, unversity's often have low cost canteens... the larger campuses often have security but once you will... more travel advice

Not the Hotel just a building nearby..... - Irkutsk

Quiet hotel in the city centre Hotels (2)

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

Things to Do (7)
See All A Tsar, An Admiral and A Beer

Shopping (1)
Admiral Kolchak.... Beer

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suvaa003 Oct 19, 2004 at 11:48 AM

regonice the chairs!!!!
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globetrott Oct 17, 2004 at 2:58 PM

a good start ! I will be back for more !
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bijo69 Oct 17, 2004 at 2:48 PM

Nice start...waiting for more :)