The city and the lake in writing
History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
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In the Irkutsk correctional colony No. 6, a fire broke out on the morning of February 13 in the building of the women's ward of Central Hospital No. 1. 21 female inmates…
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In the Sverdlovsky district of Irkutsk, construction of a sports and recreation complex will begin in 2016, and it is planned to be put into operation next year. Dmitry…
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On the night of February 12 to 13, near Irkutsk and Angarsk, two fires broke out almost simultaneously in garden communities. In Flora and Aelita, summer houses caught…
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In Irkutsk, police detained a car theft gang at the parking lot of the KomsoMoll mall while they were trying to steal a Honda Fit. A code grabber and break in tools were…
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Irkutsk Region Governor Sergei Levchenko took third place in the media ranking of heads of regions in the Siberian Federal District for January 2016 according to…
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In Irkutsk, a former airport accountant cashier was sentenced. She worked there over 20 years and, abusing management trust, systematically stole cash. Since 2011 she…
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Today in Irkutsk a tram caught fire while moving, the incident happened near the Decembrists Museum stop and caused a temporary delay on the line. Rescuers quickly…
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Irkutsk region head Sergei Levchenko appointed Anton Logashov deputy chairman of the regional government, where he will oversee the economic bloc and start work on…
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In Irkutsk on Stanislavsky Street around 14.00 a crash involving a schoolboy occurred. The boy ran across the road in front of a Toyota, and the driver could not avoid…