The Kirov Square will be dedicated to a new walk through old Irkutsk

Join the walk "From Tikhvinskaya to Kirova" on June 7 at 18:00 in Tikhvinsky Square. Writer Elvira Kamenshchikova will lead a tour about the history of Tikhvinskaya Square and its transformations over the centuries. Learn about significant events and architectural changes that shaped this place and dive into fascinating facts about its past.

"Walks in Old Irkutsk" will be dedicated to Tikhvinskaya Square, or Kirov Park. The walk "From Tikhvinskaya to Kirov" will be conducted by the project's regular author, writer Elvira Kamenshchikova.
According to the organizers, the meeting will take place on June 7 at 18:00 in the recently named Tikhvinsky Park, near the building of LLC "VostSibUgol".
Reference: Tikhvinskaya Square was named after the church dedicated to the Tikhvin Mother of God, built of wood in 1706 on the eastern side of the vast area between it and the Angara River on the western side, where a fort and a wooden church of the Savior Not Made by Hands, built in 1672 by Cossacks, stood. The wooden churches deteriorated and were replaced by stone ones. In 1754, a two-story stone church was laid. After the church was built, a beautiful three-masted ship of magnificent Siberian Baroque docked in this part of the square. The space between the two churches gradually changed, being developed with buildings. In 1887, Tikhvinskaya Square was renamed Speransky Square. By the beginning of the 20th century, after the construction of the Cathedral of the Kazan Mother of God, the final appearance of the square was formed.
But the revolution struck. On November 5, 1920, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the October events, Speransky Square was renamed the Third International Square, and by a decree on July 3, 1935, it acquired a new name: S.M. Kirov Square.
One of the main aspirations of the Bolsheviks was anti-religious motives; the beautiful, lovely, and rich church, in the courtyard of which the citizens of Irkutsk were laid to rest, including the first priest of the wooden church, Philip Obratsov, was destroyed. On the remains of the church and human bones, the building of Vostsibuglya was erected.