The 75th anniversary of the large hydroelectric power station commissioned by Stalin, still the second largest in Russia, was ...

Several former staff members from Pre-Trial Detention Center No. 1 in Irkutsk, Russia, who had received lengthy prison sentences for torturing and raping an inmate in 2020 have been released after a ...

MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov believes that the idea of relocating Russia’s capital city from Moscow to Irkutsk in southeastern Siberia is simply not practicable.

While the idea might seem sound, Moscow's growth over centuries has been such that no city in the region can rival it across any dimension. Thus, unfortunately, Siberian Irkutsk stands little chance.

The Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft landed on a two-storey house in the city of Irkutsk, regional governor Igor Kobzev posted on Telegram. The governor said he was at the scene and both pilots had ...

The ecosystem contains hundreds of unique species. The city of Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia is famous for its historic homes, adorned with lace-like wood trim. Some traditional homes in Irkutsk are ...

The Irkutsk Electric Grid Company, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, identified and disconnected an illegal mining operation in the city’s industrial zone. Investigators discovered ...

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A former Russian policeman who was convicted of killing 22 women has gone on trial in the Siberian city of Irkutsk for dozens of other murders. Mikhail Popkov, 53, has confessed to 59 additional ...

Irkutsk was the ‘dove city of the Siberian revolution’ in 1918, and has been particularly dear to the Soviet power ever since, and the legendary Damdin Sukhe-Bator, the leader of the Mongolian ...