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How to Read an Irkutsk Wooden House
The wooden houses of Irkutsk are not decoration but a language in which owners told passers-by about themselves. This short glossary will help you tell relief carving…
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Reading the city through its buildings
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The main house of the Sukachev Estate has closed for repairs
For the first time since 2008 the building will undergo major work; the park and the other exhibition spaces remain open.
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In 13 years investors supported by ARPI have restored 28 historic buildings
Ten more monuments are at various stages of restoration. The agency has become an operator of the federal preferential loan programme.
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Church of the Saviour: façades renewed and historic finish restored
The old plaster was removed completely, the walls were primed twice and the historic finish was restored.
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Private investors have given the city back two wooden houses from the 1880s
Restoring the mansions on Trilissera and Baikalskaya streets took four years.
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The house where architect Kudelsky lived has been taken apart and reassembled
The adobe walls were strengthened with a reinforced-concrete frame in order to keep the original material.
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The bell tower of the Epiphany Cathedral is being saved from Soviet-era plaster
The cement-and-sand render did not let moisture escape and the brick beneath it decayed. The aim is to restore the bell tower for the diocese’s 300th anniversary.
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Results of 2025: a restored building on Kalandarishvili Street and lighting for 25 historic façades
In 2025 work was carried out on 37 sites; the region spent 248.4 million roubles on preserving its heritage.
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33 monuments in the Irkutsk Region to be restored with preferential loans
They include the Governor’s House and wooden houses in Irkutsk; investors have already been found for 11 buildings.