The journey from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk, 18 hours, is one of the longest, but we were lucky and we hit a four-person compartment to ourselves on the train number 10 , called Baikal . The trains with their own name are the most modern and clean, so we went to class, but also noted in the price: 97 euros. We arrived at
Irkutsk, which is 5 hours ahead of Moscow, at noon with more cold and rain yet. We bought tickets to Ulan Ude (1,700 rubles / 42 euros) for the next day and we took the tram that connects the station to the city center across the mighty river Angara.
find accommodation in the hotel Rus , an old Soviet establishment, but totally renovated and with all the comforts of a Western hotel. Recommended, although the double with bath costs 3,600 rubles (88 euros). Breakfast and visa registration are included. Irkutsk
is another rickety Siberian city where you see many more foreign tourists and so far we had not crossed almost none since we left Moscow. Irkutsk Although not offer more attractive than other Siberian cities, most people stop here to visit the nearby Lake Baikal . Stresses the giant
Kirova square with the Stalinist building Regional Administration on its side. Behind this mass of concrete is the eternal flame in memory of the fallen Soviet soldiers and a couple of interesting churches: the cathedral Bogoyavlensky and Salvador church.
Street Marksa Karla (Karl Marx) is the most commercial of Irkutsk, with many shops, restaurants and heavy traffic at rush hour. You can see the nineteenth century facades in some administrative buildings. The road ends at the Angara River where a statue of Tsar Alexander III . If Stalin raised his head ...
Uritskogo is another shopping street closed to traffic terminating at the central market and where they usually set up a market on weekends. In the Lenin Street rises the statue of the Bolshevik leader indispensable.
Irkutsk, which is 5 hours ahead of Moscow, at noon with more cold and rain yet. We bought tickets to Ulan Ude (1,700 rubles / 42 euros) for the next day and we took the tram that connects the station to the city center across the mighty river Angara.
find accommodation in the hotel Rus , an old Soviet establishment, but totally renovated and with all the comforts of a Western hotel. Recommended, although the double with bath costs 3,600 rubles (88 euros). Breakfast and visa registration are included. Irkutsk
is another rickety Siberian city where you see many more foreign tourists and so far we had not crossed almost none since we left Moscow. Irkutsk Although not offer more attractive than other Siberian cities, most people stop here to visit the nearby Lake Baikal . Stresses the giant
Kirova square with the Stalinist building Regional Administration on its side. Behind this mass of concrete is the eternal flame in memory of the fallen Soviet soldiers and a couple of interesting churches: the cathedral Bogoyavlensky and Salvador church.
Street Marksa Karla (Karl Marx) is the most commercial of Irkutsk, with many shops, restaurants and heavy traffic at rush hour. You can see the nineteenth century facades in some administrative buildings. The road ends at the Angara River where a statue of Tsar Alexander III . If Stalin raised his head ...
Uritskogo is another shopping street closed to traffic terminating at the central market and where they usually set up a market on weekends. In the Lenin Street rises the statue of the Bolshevik leader indispensable.
Arrival at Irkutsk station, rain. 
Information Panel in the Irkutsk station. 
Majestic Kirova Square building. 
The Soviet regional administration headquarters stands in the background. 
Bogoyavlensky Cathedral, the most beautiful in the city. 
Angara River, Irkutsk passing through. 
Church of the Savior. 
Palomas blocking the passage. 
Crone seeing the environment in the street. 
The Russian circus, present in all cities. 
city traffic Karl Marx. 
The vans are a popular means of transport. 
Scrap war against the Military Museum. 
Uritskogo Street, when it is closed to pedestrian traffic. 
Strolling Uritskogo . 
Facade central market. 
Interior of a market. 
Eight degrees during the day, the cold was already considerable. 
Lenin greets from the pedestal. 
Most Internet sites in Siberia are slums like this. 
Sports Centre, very Soviet. 
Street market. 
