With construction starting in 1981, tens of thousands of workers spent years building the world's longest single rail system ...

Today, it remains preserved as a cultural site, hosting theatrical and literary events that honor its historic legacy.Nestled on the southwestern edge of Lake Baikal, Irkutsk is the largest and ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

🛤️ Irkutsk is the starting point for your journey along the Circum-Baikal Railway. How to get to Irkutsk is up to you. For reference, a plane from Moscow takes 6 hours, while a trip by train ...

The main attraction of Irkutsk Region is, of course, the great Lake Baikal. The largest freshwater lake on the planet has a length of 636 km! Baikal boasts an abundance of unique flora and fauna ...

more than anywhere else in the Irkutsk region. A biologist told the Telegraph that the addition of pipes and human activity would destroy the marsh’s bird habitat. There are currently no large ...

On September 30, Polyus held a In Irkutsk, ESG is a forum that brought together representatives of business, government, the scientific community and the public and became the first in The Baikal ...

IRKUTSK. Feb 4 (Interfax) - Coal loading on the East Siberian Railway, a branch of Russian Railways (RZD), fell 13.4% year-on-year in January 2025 to 2.1 million tonnes, the railway's press service ...

Returning to Khuzhir in a UAZ, switching to a Korean-made bus, and traveling about 40 minutes along the Angara River leads to ...