Travel Tips 1 min read
Curator’s tour of the exhibition “Russian America. The Beginning”: how to sign up
The tour is led by the author of the exhibition, Alexander Bondarev. The price is 400 roubles; booking is required.
The city and the lake in writing
Articles
History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
Lake Baikal 1 min read
32 platforms and monument locomotives to be repaired on the Circum-Baikal Railway
The East Siberian Railway will renew decking, signs and photo spots, repair the stele in Kultuk and restore the locomotives at Polovinnaya and Port Baikal.
Travel Tips 1 min read
Three free tours of Irkutsk on Green Line Day
On 26 May guides of the Tourist Information Service led the walks “Then and Now”, “The Merchants of Irkutsk” and “Where Irkutsk Began”.
Culture & Traditions 1 min read
The exhibition “Irkutsk. People. Baikal” opens at the Dias gallery
Works by artists whose lives are linked with Irkutsk and Baikal, accompanied by lines from Vampilov and Rozhdestvensky.
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
Night of Museums 2026: “Native” at Taltsy, the Volkonsky House and the icebreaker Angara
On 16 May cultural institutions of the Irkutsk Region prepared about a hundred events: settlers’ farmsteads at Taltsy, a ball at the Volkonsky House and tours of the…
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
Night of Museums at the Irkutsk City History Museum: a 19th-century ball, carved window surrounds and photo shoots in period costume
On 16 May all branches of the museum worked to a special timetable, and the Pushkin Card was accepted for tickets.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
“Russian America. The Beginning”: an exhibition about how Irkutsk became a gateway to the New World
The Window to Asia department shows fragments of a Steller’s sea cow skeleton and objects from the 18th–19th centuries. Open until 1 March 2027.
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
Free tours at the regional museum on International Museum Day
On 18 May the nature department, the Rasputin Museum and the Museum Studio held open days.
Long Reads 1 min read
The icebreaker Angara: a new navigation for an old ship
How the floating museum went from a half-sunken vessel to an interactive engine room — and what lies ahead.