Travel Tips 1 min read
Tickets to Taltsy became more expensive from 1 January 2026
An individual ticket costs 350 roubles instead of 300, a group ticket 500 instead of 400.
Articles
Topic: museums
History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
Night of Arts 2025 at the art museum and the Sukachev Estate
On 2 November four of the museum’s venues offered lectures on the rock art of Eastern Siberia, collectors’ tours and Siberian dances.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
“Nothing Is Decided Yet”: an exhibition for the 200th anniversary of the Decembrist uprising at the Volkonsky House
A project by the Decembrist Museum and the Dahl Literary Museum about Russia in the 1810s–1820s, before 14 December 1825.
Lake Baikal 1 min read
An interactive exhibition opens in the engine room of the icebreaker Angara
A working model of the steam engine, crew mannequins and a “ship’s rolling” module explain how the icebreaker sailed on Baikal.
Lake Baikal 1 min read
An interactive museum devoted to Baikal has appeared in Listvyanka
The new museum has opened next to the Ferris wheel. The village is being developed in a single eco-friendly style until 2030.
Culture & Traditions 1 min read
“The Queen of Spades” by the walls of the Ilimsk fort: the fifth Russian opera festival at Taltsy
Dmitry Bertman’s production was staged in the open air, with the 17th-century wooden fort as its set.
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
Night of Museums 2025 at the Volkonsky Estate: a show for the 50th anniversary of “The Star of Captivating Happiness”
On 17 May the estate stayed open until the last visitor: a tour of the prince’s house, gingerbread painting, horse rides.
Culture & Traditions 1 min read
Taltsy is building an exhibition zone about settlers
The museum planned to open a Tatar settlers’ farmstead from the Stolypin era and the farmstead of a Ukrainian settler.
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
New Year holidays in historic museums: Father Frost’s residence at Taltsy and a ball at the Sukachev Estate
Irkutsk museums prepared programmes for winter 2024/25, from “The Snow Queen” at Taltsy to “Cinderella” at the Volkonsky House.