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From January to July 2015, 1.42 million passengers departed from stations of the East Siberian Railway, less than in the same period last year. In July, long distance…
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On August 22, the first cable wakeboarding competition was held at Polyana sports park, bringing together amateurs and professionals. This spectacular extreme sport…
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In September 2015, the Irkutsk House of Writers will undergo major restoration. The Brevnov estate will have its facade restored, structures and foundation reinforced…
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The Irkutsk Regional Court rejected Vasily Pronichev's lawsuit to invalidate the decree calling early elections for the regional governor. The former candidate says the…
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Actor of the Irkutsk Ohlopkov Drama Theatre Dmitry Akimov received a 250 thousand ruble grant to stage a play based on Dostoevskys The Brothers Karamazov. The project…
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In the regional center, police detained a 25 year old offender who attacked women and robbed them on city streets. After another attack on a 62 year old pensioner…
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On August 24, Irkutsk will hold a mercury waste collection drive. Residents of Novo-Lenino and Irkutsk II can turn in used energy saving lamps, thermometers, and…
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In the Irkutsk region, police and investigators are determining the circumstances of a tragedy at a sand quarry where a 53 year old man died. He came for sand for…
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Dmitry Glukhovsky presented in Irkutsk his new book Metro 2035, the final part of the trilogy about human survival in the Moscow metro after a nuclear disaster.