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Irkutsk is home to the East Siberian Education Academy ( since 1909 ), Irkutsk State University ( 1918 ), Irkutsk State Medical University ( 1918 ), Baykalsky State University of Economics and Law ( since 1932 ), Irkutsk State Technical University ( since 1939 ), Irkutsk State Academy of Agriculture, Irkutsk State Linguistic University ( 1948 ), Irkutsk State Railway Transport University ( since 1975 ), and a number of private colleges: Siberian Institute of Law, Economics and Management ( since 1993 ), Institute of Economics of ISTU ( since 1996 ), and others.
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Irkutsk and is
Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20 % of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
The Angara River () is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia.
Irkutsk () is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia.
The river, wide, is crossed by the Irkutsk Hydroelectric Dam and three other bridges downstream.
Irkutsk is situated in a landscape of rolling hills within the thick taiga that is typical in Eastern Siberia.
Irkutsk is characterized by an extreme variation of temperatures between seasons.
The warmest month of the year in Irkutsk is July, when the average temperature is, the highest temperature recorded being.
Apart from being the administrative center of the oblast, Irkutsk serves as the administrative center of Irkutsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it.
Administratively, it is incorporated as the City of Irkutsk — an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
Municipally, the City of Irkutsk is incorporated as Irkutsk Urban Okrug.
The largest industry in Irkutsk is Irkut, the Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association, which was set up in 1932 in the Transbaykal region of the Soviet Union.
There is the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter which belongs to the Rusal Company.
The city is also served by the Irkutsk International Airport and the smaller Irkutsk Northwest Airport.
Irkutsk and home
Irkutsk has long been home to the well-known Russian writer Valentin Rasputin ; many of his novels and stories take place in the Angara Valley.
Irkutsk and East
In 1821, as part of the Speransky reforms, Siberia was administratively divided at the Yenisei River and Irkutsk became the seat of the Governor-General of East Siberia.
Irkutsk was the administrative center of the short-lived East Siberian Oblast, which existed from 1936 to 1937.
The city subsequently became the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast after East Siberian Oblast was divided into Chita Oblast and Irkutsk Oblast.
The maritime influence makes summers much cooler than in similar-latitude inland cities such as Harbin or Irkutsk, but makes the winters much more snowy whilst remaining severely cold, only a few degrees warmer than in interior East Asian cities at the same latitude.
In relation with the expansion of Russian state to the East from Irkutsk, the city became a capital of enormous territories from the Enisey to the Pacific, it played an important role in the exploration and securing vast Eastern-Siberian and Far-Eastern territories to Russia.
In the level of industrial and natural resource development and specialization and concentration of production, Irkutsk Region has surpassed many other regions of Siberia and the Far East.
The journey to the Far East entailed extensive travel by way of the Trans-Siberian railroad, through Irkutsk to Vladivostok and he returned to Moscow via Japan, Singapore, Ceylon and the Suez Canal to reach the Black Sea and Feodosiya.
:* – Russian president Vladimir Putin names Alexander Tishanin, currently head of the East Siberian Railway to become governor of Irkutsk.
Irkutsk and Siberian
Siberian merchants based in Irkutsk were initial major stockholders, but soon replaced by Russia's nobility and aristocracy based in Saint Petersburg.
The first road connection between Moscow and Irkutsk, the Siberian Road, was built in 1760, and benefited the town economy.
The coat of arms of Irkutsk features an old symbol of Dauria: a Siberian tiger with a sable in his mouth.
As Irkutsk is part of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, there are nine research institutes located in the Irkutsk Academgorodok suburb: Institute of Geography, Energy Systems Institute, Institute of Geochemistry, Institute of Systems Dynamics and Control Theory, Earth's Crust Institute, solar-terrestrial physics institute, Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Limnology ( located on lake Baikal's shore ), Institute of Plants Physics, Laser Physics Institute ( Branch of the Novosibirsk-based Institute ).
The Taltsy Museum (), located on the Angara South of Irkutsk, is an open-air museum of Siberian traditional architecture.
Omsk became a prime target for the Red Army, who viewed it as crucial to their Siberian campaign, and eventually forced Kolchak and his government to abandon the city and retreat along the Trans-Siberian eastward to Irkutsk.
A. G. Laxman, Lomonosov's apprentice, one of the first Siberian mineralogist, worked in Irkutsk.
Irkutsk and Education
These include Tianjin Foreign Studies University and Beijing Language and Culture University in China, Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies in Japan, Irkutsk National University of Education in Russia.
In Russia ties exist with Irkutsk National University of Education.
Irkutsk and Academy
The East-Siberian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences is also located in Irkutsk and is represented by the following research organizations: the Scientific Center for medical Ecology, the Institute for Paediatrics and Human Reproduction, the Institute for Microbiology and Epidemiology, the Institute for Medicine of the Workplace and Human Ecology, Institute of Reconstructive and Restorative Surgery, Institute of Surgery, and Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics.
A professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg, during 1770-1774 he travelled on its behalf to Astrakhan, the Urals, Bashkir, the Barabinsk steppe, the Kolyvanskoe silver mines ( to assess the ore content ), Altai, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Baikal, and Dauren.
Educated in Irkutsk, he moved to Kazan and became a student at Kazan Theological Academy ( 1852 – 1856 ).
Irkutsk and since
Irkutsk originally has a borderline subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dwc ), but since 2000 the city warmed to a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dwb ).
Irkutsk and 1909
In 1904-05, he was member of Ural provincial bureau of the Party ; from autumn 1909 in Irkutsk.
Irkutsk and ),
* Uk ( urban-type settlement ), an urban-type settlement in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Leaving Lake Baikal near the settlement of Listvyanka ( at ), the Angara flows north past the Irkutsk Oblast's cities of Irkutsk, Angarsk, Bratsk, and Ust-Ilimsk.
* Irkutsk Dam ( Иркутская ГЭС ), forming the Irkutsk Reservoir, which floods the valley of the river from its source to Irkutsk, and slightly raises the water level in Lake Baikal.
Irkutsk and 1918
Nusach Ashkenaz Siddur prayer book from Irkutsk, Russia, printed in 1918
Irkutsk in 1918
The first-born of the Higher education in Eastern Siberia, Irkutsk State University was founded in 1918.
* Saint Sophronius of Irkutsk, bishop ( 1918 )
He was born in Irkutsk, Siberia and started his acting career there in 1918.
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