Irkutsk, East Siberian economic region, Russia

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🇷🇺 Irkutsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Irkutsk is the 25th largest city in Russia by population, the 5th largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.

Located in the south of the eponymous oblast, the city proper lies on the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei, about 850 km (530 mi) to the south-east of Krasnoyarsk and about 520 km (320 mi) north of Ulaanbaatar. The Trans-Siberian Highway (Federal M53 and M55 Highways) and Trans-Siberian Railway connect Irkutsk to other regions in Russia and Mongolia.

Many distinguished Russians were sent into exile in Irkutsk for their part in the Decembrist revolt of 1825, and the city became an exile-post for the rest of the century. Some historic wooden houses still survive. When the railway reached Irkutsk, it had earned the nickname of "The Paris of Siberia". The city was the centre of bitter fighting in the Russian Civil War of 1918–20. Afterward, in the Soviet period, its architecture was dominated by the mandatory squared-up style. The city became a major centre of aircraft manufacture. The historic centre of Irkutsk is located on UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites.

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Energy The 662.4 MW Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station was the first cascade hydroelectric power station in the Irkutsk region. The construction of the dam started in 1950 and finished in 1958.

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Economy: Industry 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. It is best known as being the manufacturer of the Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft. The Russian government has merged Irkut with Ilyushin, Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev into a new company named United Aircraft Building Corporation.

There is the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter which belongs to the Rusal Company.

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Transport Important roads and railways like the Trans-Siberian Highway (Federal M53 and M55 Highways) and Trans-Siberian Railway connect Irkutsk to other regions in Russia and Mongolia. The city is also served by the Irkutsk International Airport and the smaller Irkutsk Northwest Airport.

The Federal road and railway to Moscow and Vladivostok pass through the other side of the Angara River from central Irkutsk.

Trams are one major mode of public transit in Irkutsk. Other modes are trolleybus, bus, fixed-route taxi (marshrutka) and cycling.

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Education 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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Science As Irkutsk is within the influence of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, there are nine research institutes located in the Irkutsk Academgorodok suburb: the Institute of Geography, the Energy System Institute, the Institute of Geochemistry, the Institute of System Dynamics and Control Theory, the Earth's Crust Institute, the Solar-Terrestrial Physics Institute, the Institute of Chemistry, the Limnological Institute (formerly located on Lake Baikal's shore), the Institute of Plant Physics, Laser Physics Institute (a Branch of the Institute of Laser Physics in Novosibirsk). A number of institutes conduct research within Irkutsk State University: the Institute of Biology, the Institute of Oil and Coal Chemistry and Synthesis, the Laboratory of Quantum Chemistry, the Institute of Applied Physics, the Interregional Institute of Social Studies, the Astronomical Observatory, and the Botanical Gardens. 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, the Institute of Reconstructive and Restorative Surgery, the Institute of Surgery, and the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics. Also, the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Scientific and Technical Center has a branch in Irkutsk. Additionally, there are R&D institutes including GAZPROM R&D Institute (a Branch of a Moscow-based institute), the Irkutsk Institute of Rare and Precious Metals and Diamonds (Irgiredmet), part of the Petropavlovsk Group of Companies., and the Vostoksibacademcenter of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences that publishes the Project Baikal journal.

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Irkutsk, East Siberian economic region, Russia 
<b>Irkutsk, East Siberian economic region, Russia</b>
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Irkutsk has a population of over 623,562 people. Irkutsk also forms the centre of the wider Irkutsk Oblast which has a population of over 2,404,195 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Irkutsk has links with:

🇫🇷 Annecy, France 🇵🇱 Częstochowa, Poland 🇺🇸 Eugene, USA 🇰🇷 Gangneung, South Korea 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan 🇨🇿 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 🇩🇪 Pforzheim, Germany 🇮🇹 Pordenone, Italy 🇧🇦 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇭🇷 Rijeka, Croatia 🇨🇳 Shenyang, China 🇺🇦 Simferopol, Ukraine 🇸🇪 Strömsund, Sweden 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 🇧🇾 Vitebsk, Belarus
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Antipodal to Irkutsk is: -75.761,-52.308

Locations Near: Irkutsk 104.239,52.3083

🇷🇺 Angarsk 103.888,52.544 d: 35.4  

🇲🇳 Sükhbaatar 106.2,50.233 d: 268  

🇲🇳 Erdenet 104.021,49.025 d: 365.5  

🇲🇳 Darkhan 105.927,49.481 d: 335.9  

🇷🇺 Ulan-Ude 107.609,51.842 d: 236.1  

🇷🇺 Bratsk 101.6,56.176 d: 462.9  

🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar 106.918,47.919 d: 524  

🇲🇳 Ulan Bator 106.966,47.942 d: 522.9  

🇲🇳 Tsetserleg 101.45,47.467 d: 574.1  

🇲🇳 Arvaikheer 102.767,46.25 d: 682  

Antipodal to: Irkutsk -75.761,-52.308

🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 19675  

🇦🇷 Río Gallegos -69.2,-51.617 d: 19559.2  

🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 19218.6  

🇦🇷 Ushuaia -68.272,-54.789 d: 19449  

🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 18790.8  

🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 18790.8  

🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche -71.312,-41.143 d: 18728.8  

🇦🇷 Bariloche -71.31,-41.133 d: 18727.6  

🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 18610.8  

🇨🇱 Temuco -72.667,-38.733 d: 18486.9  

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