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| Irkutsk Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see bank of Angara bank of Angara Chaporgin A. Irkutsk is located 60km East of the world famous Lake Baikal. It is administrative centre of Irkutsk oblast (province) in the east-central Russia. The city lies along the Angara River at its confluence with the Irkut River. More than 750,000 people live in this city surrounded by natural beauty. Gorgeous birch forests link urban center to its residential area giving a kind of resort feeling to Irkutsk. It was founded as a wintering camp in 1652, during the first Russian colonization of the area; a fort was built in 1661, and Irkutsk rapidly became the main centre of Cisbaikalia and of the Russian trade route to China and Mongolia. It acquired town status in 1686. Its importance grew after the coming of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in 1898. The city of Irkutsk, with attractive embankments along the river and many surviving wooden houses on its tree-lined streets, is an administrative and cultural centre for Eastern Siberia and of the Russian Far East. Irkutsk State University (1918) and the Siberian branch of the Academy of Sciences are among the city’s many teaching and research institutes.b>Irkutsk has taken on several roles in its nearly 350 years of existence, including expedition base for explorations of Siberia, city of exiles, and gold rush town, just to name a few. The city’s nicknames include the capital of Siberia, the pearl of Siberia, and even Paris of Siberia. Irkutsk is lighthearted and sunny, filled with pastel-colored 18th century buildings and delicately sculptured old wooden houses where the political rebels lived n serene exile. Elaborate brick mansions were built at the turn of the century, and the dark black wooden cabins were adorned with a local "lace" sculpture that gives them a touch of the Italian Renaissance. In the late 19th century, gold was discovered in the nearby Lena Basin, and the Siberian Gold Rush began. People came to the region hoping to strike it rich, and those who were successful built sprawling classical mansions and financed public buildings, some of which still stand today. Irkutsk is in many ways the heart of Siberia, with its proximity to Lake Baikal. As a local writer once noted, "To miss seeing Irkutsk is to miss Siberia." To read about what is happening in Irkutsk and Baikal today you may visit Baikal Club blog on google ( http://baikalclub.blogspot.com ), where local people and travellers post their thoughts and ideas. __________Sights Edit This Lake Baikal Lake Baikal Lena Plyusnina One of the primary sights in Irkutsk it is its gorgeous Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is situated in the south of East Siberia. The deepest lake in the world - 1637 m, has unique features: its area is 35 000 km2 and approximate is equal to Belgium's territory. No other lake can be compared with Lake Baikal in age, reserves and properties of water.Scientists estimate an age of Lake Baikal as 25 - 30 million years. Most of lakes, especially appeared in the ice age, exist for 10 - 15 thousands years and then are filled up with sediments and disappear from the surface of the Earth. Lake Baikal has no signs of aging, like other lakes. On the contrary, after researches goephysicists said, that Lake Baikal is a conceiving ocean. Among other places of interest one can name more than 2 thousand monuments and memorial zones of history and architecture, 10 archaeological monuments, 8 museums, and 5 theatres. [Add Sight] base"Malomorskaya" Edit This The trip can be booked at :664011, Irkutsk, Sverdlov Str. Suite 35 Telephone:(3952) 33-36-80 e-mail: postmaster@malomor.irkutsk.ru The base "Malomorskaya" is in 250 êilometers from Irkutsk located by the Lake Baikal. type: Trip to Baikal World66 rating: [rate it] ___________History Edit This Hundreds years ago Irkuts was a hosting missionaires, free spirited Cossacks, deportees and rich merchants. All of them in this or other way contributed to a rich cultural heritage contributing to the glory and the honor of their native city. The spirit of the citizens was lifted by charming melody of hundreds of bells on holydays at the begining of the century. There were about forty Orthodox Churches in Irkutsk in those days. Not all of them could survived to our days. Fortunately, the first church-Spask Church that has been erected at the city's early days still welcomes its guests. This Church was called The swan song of ancient Russian architecture by specialists. During three and half centures Irkutsk has lived its long-suffering life, has undergone many severe trials. 1879 was called black year which was stamped by fire. Three days and nights the city was burning inferno and then a long ten years were need to rebuild it! All Siberians and Russians created it from ash and after ten years A.P.Chehov could say: "The city of Irkutsk is dandy. It is quite a European city..." Among others who worked much for the city at that time werw Irkutsk merchants who always were great patriots. They built hospitals, orphanages, colleges, libraries and churches. People said that if they had wanted to make a road of silver roubles, they could do it and a glittering way from Irkutsk to Moscow could be stretched. There were one and half thousand employers working for the brother-millionaires Vtorovs. And their shops were famous in many cities of Western Europe, in China and Mongolia. To make their own houses they called the best architects from Russia. And it sometimes happened that a famous architects left memories of himself in far Siberia and only later somewhere in Moscow and St.Petersburg. The whimsical brick house of brothers Vtorov made in neorussian style you can find now at the former Ivanovsaya square. The millionaire Trapeznikov ordered his private residence to be built after the pattern of the famous Luvre. And the great Qwarengi considered it an honor to fulfill the order of powerfull Sibyryakov. Built in his design, the White House was called by contemporaries the oriental palace becouse of its blinding richness. The Names Sukachyov - the mayor, the founder of the Irkutsk art museum - made his private residence with an art gallery, in exotic oriental taste, on the outskirts of the city. But after the big fire, Bolshaya street, Amurskaya street and Laninskaya street were made the architectural attraction of the city not only by celebrities from the capital but also by local talented architects: Rozen, Rassushin, Razgildeev, Alexeev, Vasilyev. But the center of the East Siberia was famous not only for its brick buldings. The log part of the city was very competitive and there you can find more deep national heritage. The mayority of Siberian cities are proud of their log architecture, but only in Irkutsk can you see the top art wooden handicraft baroque platbands where where elastic volutes are stretching one to another decorated by splendid bouquets. Darkened carved tulips over windows, fans and beamed suns at platbands, slim irises covering house walls, figured carvings at the edge of roofs-and far more were used by carpenters to decorate Irkutsk houses. Even if you know only a little of the mystery of wooden lace work, sightseeing in Irkutsk along old streets could take you on a fantastic journey into the heathenism of ancient Slavs. The past is the staircase to the future. Nowadays the city of Irkutsk is one of greatest economical and culture centers in the East of the country. Many years ago the modern stately city expanded and grew beyond its former outskirts. There are the Polish Roman-Catholic church, Tatar mosque, Jewish synagogue which shows that from the very beginning the city was multinational. Formely detached from central Russia by the rocky Urals this distant Siberian city is connected by living threads with all the world now. The 100-th annyversary of the East-Siberian steamship-line was celebrated in 1985. There are direct routes which connect the city with the Mongolia, Japan and China and a lot of routes within the country. Today Despite the fact that Irkutsk is much more than three hundred years old, the average age of the population is only 31.6 years. It is the city of youth and students. There are 36 institutes and colleges and 9 vocational education colleges. Every day 166646 pupils go to the school. In 1949 the East-Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Science founded 9 Research institutions and regional Economy Department. Irkutsk is the theatrical city. In the evenings bright lights are switched on at the entrances of five theatres. There are 15 cinemas and 34 libraries with 2.5 million books. ___________Practical Information Edit This Before planning your trip to Russia, you shoud know some peculiarities of this country. Please, check the pages below with the relevant information. [Add Practical address] VALLET Edit This address of tourist information office in Irkoutsk type: Embassies and Consulates World66 rating: [rate it] address: 15 bis rue de Dammarie 77000 MELUN France email: vallet.annette.5@gmail.com ________Getting There Edit This It is very easy to get to Irkutsk by air, rail or by road. Of course in order to get there from Moscow or St Petersburg you'd better consider taking a flight. However, from Vladivostok or Khabarovsk you might catch a train and enjoy the gorgeous beauty of the surrounding nature. For the best air-ticket prices check the Priceline.com. Connection is provided at the Links section. ____________Economy Edit This Modern Irkutsk is one of the major industrial cities of Siberia. The city is especially noted for a wide range of engineering products. There are railway, aircraft, ship, and vehicle repair yards. Other industries include mica processing and consumer-goods manufacture. The Irkutsk hydroelectric station on the Angara River is within the city; its reservoir extends back to include Lake Baikal. Irkutsk's avia industry bases on the AG(?) Irkut. |