Sights of Irkutsk

Irkutsk is another Siberian corner of the Russian Federation, spread out in its eastern part. The vast city includes a great variety of cultural monuments and architectural masterpieces, both of the modern period and of old times. Each historical site of Irkutsk reflects the history of this city, all tragic and, on the contrary, saturated with a huge positive force of events that have occurred throughout the history of its existence. Irkutsk itself is one great attraction, for in the city all the architectural styles peculiar to the cities of Russia and generally found on the territory of the CIS countries are collected .

However, among the huge number of outstanding buildings, there are those sights of Irkutsk, which should be mentioned in more detail. This is, first of all, the Drama Theater. N.P. Okhlopkova, House - the museum of Prince Volkonsky or, as it is also called, the Museum of the Decembrists. After that it is worth to visit the Znamensky Monastery, the Icebreaker Museum "Angara", the Monument to Admiral Alexander Kolchak, the Museum of Entertaining Science - Experiment, the Cathedral of the Epiphany. These attractions of Irkutsk, which stand out from the general mass, are imbued with the spirit of a great history, in which the city played a significant role.

Drama Theater. N.P. Okhlopkova is the oldest theater in Irkutsk. Only the status of "state" he acquired in the distant 1850, although it was built much earlier. The troupe of the theater performs with numerous productions, both classical repertoire, and with staging masterpieces of modern artists of the pen.

At the same time, few of Irkutsk's attractions will be able to compare with the Znamensky Monastery , which is more than 300 years old. This is a convent. On its territory is a necropolis, where famous people of Russia are buried, affecting the development of not only the city, but the whole power.

The house of Prince Sergei Volkonsky is amazing with its beauty, both outside and inside. It once lived the whole family of this Decembrist. The memory of people who sacrificed very much for the sake of a high idea, for the sake of the Fatherland and about the extraordinary devotion and faithfulness of women who were next to them, has been preserved in this house for about two hundred years.

Being in Solnechny micro district, it's a sin not to glance at the icebreaker - the Angara museum , which is famous for being one of the first icebreakers in the world to survive to this day and, perhaps, deserves to be the oldest in the world. In the history of this icebreaker, the events of world history, which were amazing with their dramatic and intense passions, took place on it. Cruelty of murder, masculinity and devotion to the homeland of sailors.

However, one should not dwell on this, since there are still many more monuments to Irkutsk, and all of them really make the imagination work.

If you go to the street Lermontov, then there you can find a very peculiar and interesting place. It is a museum of entertaining science - the Experiment , where, similar to the study of celestial bodies in planetariums, experiments are carried out. This place allows you to go deeper into the research process. It is permissible to touch everything, and the desire to study something is only welcomed.

And another interesting place to visit if there is time is the Epiphany Cathedral , which is famous for being the second oldest building in Irkutsk. All those who have visited this place are waiting for a real miracle, as the miraculous icon of Kazan is kept in the cathedral.

Of course, this is not the whole list of those amazing and unique places that can be visited while in Irkutsk. However, we can safely say that the list of sights of Russian cities includes this kind of city-museum.