The city and the lake in writing

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History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.

Taltsy welcomed more than 21,000 visitors over the New Year holidays

The museum had Father Frost’s residence and two ice slides; the region’s state museums were visited by more than 33,000 people.

13 January 2026

The building, a historical and cultural monument, has a new roof with a spire, a renewed stage and checked acoustics.

25 December 2025

The exhibition “The Decembrists: Siberia as Destiny”, marking 200 years since the Senate Square uprising, ran until 26 December 2025.

8 December 2025

The certificate for the bus tour “Memorable and Historic Places of Irkutsk” is valid from 15 January to 28 December 2026.

27 November 2025

An individual ticket costs 350 roubles instead of 300, a group ticket 500 instead of 400.

16 November 2025

On 2 November four of the museum’s venues offered lectures on the rock art of Eastern Siberia, collectors’ tours and Siberian dances.

31 October 2025

The aggressive animal was spotted at kilometre 113; inspectors had to go out on the route armed.

11 October 2025

A project by the Decembrist Museum and the Dahl Literary Museum about Russia in the 1810s–1820s, before 14 December 1825.

2 October 2025

The animal was “patrolling” the stop at kilometre 139 and was not afraid of people.

26 September 2025