Itinerary
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Stop At: Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Barrikad St, 34, Irkutsk 664001 Russia
With Byzantine style decorations, the Kazan Church looks like a fairy tower. It is known for the Irkutsk’s largest church bell. The inner spaces are decorated with fresco paintings. A unique iconostasis is carved out the Indian granite by Chinese craftsmen. The weight of the establishment is 70 tons; the height is 13 meters. The renovation works lasted from 1990 to 2012. Right now the church is in its original form.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Holy Cross Cathedral, Sedova St., 1, Irkutsk 664003 Russia
The Church is one of the oldest Irkutsk’s Orthodox temples, a distinctive landmark of Siberian Baroque. The church is famous for its unique exterior design.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Monument to the Founders of Irkutsk, ulitsa Nizhnyaya Naberezhnaya, 2, Irkutsk 664011 Russia
Monument to Cossacks - pioneers is located on the Lower Angara River Embankment, in the birthplace of the Irkutsk city. It is monument to Jakov Pokhabov, who founded a fort in 1661 on the right bank of the Angara River opposite the mouth of the Irkut river.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Triumphal Arch Moscow Gates, Moskovsko-Laninskaya St., Irkutsk Russia
Standing on Irkutsk's lower embankment of the Angara is a triumphal arch which is known as the Moskovskie or Moscow Gates as it marks the entrance to the city if coming from the European part of Russia. Construction of the gates began in 1811 to mark the 10 year anniversary of Emperor Alexander I's reign. In 1858 a second pair of gates were erected in the city similar to the Moscow Gates.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Kirov's Park, ul. Lenina, Irkutsk 664027 Russia
Kirov Square (1669-1790-e - The Kremlin Square, the beginning of XIX-1935 - Tikhvin Square, Gostinodvorskaya Square, Count Speransky's Square and other names) is the area in the Right Bank district of the Irkutsk city, located in the historic center between Lenin and Sukhe-Bator streets; the main square of Irkutsk.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Monument to Alexander III, The Embankment of the Angara, Irkutsk Russia
Monument to Alexander III. The monument was put up in honour of Alexander III so as to thank him for making the decision of building the Trans-Siberian Railway. It was first unveiled in Irkutsk on the 30th of August 1908.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Monument to Lenin, Park DS Trud, Irkutsk Russia
Standing on the cross road of Ulitsa Lenina and Ulitsa Karla Marksa is Irkutsk's main statue of Vladimir Lenin. It was unveiled in 1952 and is the work of sculptor Nikolai Tomsky.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: 130 Kvartal, Irkutsk Russia
130th District is specially created area of historic buildings in Irkutsk, which includes several dozen monuments of architecture and history of the city. The 130th District is located in the southern part of the "historical center of Irkutsk" at the foot of the Cross Mountain.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Sculpture Babr, 130 District, Irkutsk Russia
A monument to the Babr is located exactly in the beginning of 130th District (a Siberian tiger on coat of arms of Irkutsk).
Duration: 10 minutes