QUAIS
Read moreOn the left of the Hotel Intourist, two blocks away, you can see the monument to Youri Gagarin on the boulevard of the same name. On the left bank, there is the Irkutsk railway station and the Faubourg Glazkovo, with wooden houses and clay streets. Later on, on the left, the huge Polytechnnique Institute (20 000 students) and the Academic Precinct, an annex of the Russian Academy of Sciences, take care of the country's future elites.
MUSEUM OF MINERALOGY
Read moreGeology enthusiasts will find a rich collection of minerals from all over Siberia.
THEMATIC TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS OF WORKS BY LOCAL PAINTERS
Read moreIn addition to Russian art, the museum presents Western European paintings including a Nicolas Chick, as well as a rich collection of masters from China, India and Japan, ancient eastern porcelain, decorative art objects. An icon of the icons is located in Epiphany Cathedral, 1 oulitsa Ioukhé Botor.