Irkutsk

Red Line

"Wooden streets"

In the “wooden” streets of Irkutsk there are still old wooden houses with different ornament. These houses are the visiting card and pride of Irkutsk. One of the most beautiful wooden houses is “Lacy house” (House of Europe) in Fredrich Engels street. You can see wooden houses with ornament, walking through Dekabr’skikh Sobytiy st.,Babushkin st., Karl Libknekht st., Volodarskiy st., Khalturin st., Bogdan Khmelnitskiy st., Gryaznov st., Lapin st., Timiryazev st., Marata st.

Décembristes

Decembrists (or Dekabrists) were noble revolutionists, who made a revolution in St. Petersburg in December of 1825 and were in exile in Siberia and Irkutsk. They brought cultural life to Irkutsk and are adored by citizens since those days till nowadays.

The wives of Decembrists followed them to Siberia and are considered as heroes and ideals of Russian women. You can visit the Volkonskiy and Trubetskoy house museums, also the park with a monument to the wives of the Decembrists near the Transfiguration church.

ND de Kazan

Kazan Church is an orthodox church of the Kazan icon of Virgin Mary. It is one of the most beautiful churches in Irkutsk. Our Lady of Kazan is a protector and patroness of Russia. Kazan icon of Virgin Mary is the most miraculous and significant icon of Russian Orthodox Church

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