The Museum of Nature
11 Karl Marx Street
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The museum of nature of the Irkutsk local history museum is located in an ancient house built by the Siberian enlightener and editor P. Makushin in 1903. The nature department forms part of the Irkutsk local history museum from 1920 and the first arrivals of natural-science exhibits are dated to 1879. The founder of the museum’s paleontological collection is Ivan Chersky, the eminent scientist and explorer of Siberia. There is also a depository of the natural-science funds and a animals stuffing workshop inside the museum. The standing exposition “Nature of Lake Baikal” was opened in the museum in 2000.
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Irkutsk and its history Foundation
Irkutsk is not only the capital of Eastern Siberia but also the city- museum that could keep the romantic face of antiquity. Ornate and solemn Siberian baroque is side by side with austere Empire style near the tartish smartness of the merchant houses.
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Discovery of Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is a unique lake of our planet. Lake Baikal is a place of superlatives: the deepest, the oldest, the clearest, the cleanest, the highest level of biodiversity, the largest volume of fresh water in the world, and home to flora and fauna that is mostly endemic. For... |
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Circum-Baikal Railway The Circum-Baikal Railway is considered to be the unique monument of engineering architecture. On May 17, 1891 Tsar Alexander III issued the edict to construct the Trans-Siberian Railway in order to connect the Siberian territory rich in diverse gifts with the inner railways net.
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