Irkutsk guides held a festival of tours: wooden architecture, merchant Irkutsk, a maritime route with the icebreaker Angara.
On 14 May 2026 Irkutsk guides held a new festival of city tours, “Peshekhodka-38”. From 10:00 to 19:00 there were ten routes of 1.5–2 hours each: Pesterevskaya, the trading street of Irkutsk; Soviet modernism; wooden architecture; “Two Churches”; the maritime history of Irkutsk with a visit to the icebreaker Angara; the Abrahamic religions in Irkutsk; “Wooden Lace” with a master class; merchant Irkutsk and others.
The price was 500 roubles per person, with groups of up to 10 people; museum tickets and master classes were paid for separately. People signed up directly with the guides; announcements are published in the festival’s Telegram channel.
Source (in Russian): Glagol, 6 May 2026.
