Architecture & Heritage 1 min read
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.
Articles
Topic: restoration
History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
Long Reads 1 min read
Who is saving historic Irkutsk: investors, an agency and preferential loans
28 buildings in 13 years, 33 monuments under the DOM.RF programme and private stories — from a burnt-out 1880s house to architect Kudelsky’s adobe house.
Architecture & Heritage 1 min read
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.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
The Irkutsk City History Museum is renovating the former Kladishcheva school building
The Rogal Exhibition Centre has already been repaired; the main building, a monument of regional significance, is due to be finished by 31 October.
Long Reads 1 min read
Slyudyanka: a marble station, a steam locomotive and a water tower
One of the most beautiful stations in Russia is getting a locomotive as a neighbour, and the tower built by exiled Poles may become a Circum-Baikal Railway museum.
Long Reads 1 min read
For the diocese’s 300th anniversary: how Irkutsk’s oldest churches are being restored
The Church of the Saviour, the Epiphany Cathedral and the Kharlampievsky Church — three monuments of federal significance, three different restoration stories.
Architecture & Heritage 1 min read
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.
Lake Baikal 1 min read
A museum of the Circum-Baikal Railway may open in Slyudyanka’s water tower
It is proposed to turn the brick tower of 1911–1913, built by exiled Poles, into a visitor centre.
Food & Local Cuisine 1 min read
The Nemuzey coffee shop opens in a recreated house from the 1880s
After a fire, the wooden house on Trilissera Street was rebuilt from measurements, from the foundations to the roof.