Pretty church in Irkutsk suburbs

Day #48: Irkutsk

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May 28th 2013
My first task in Irkutsk was to pick up my ticket for onward travel to Mongolia from the travel agents I bought it from; unfortunately, this proved to be a much more complex task than I had anticipated, as the office was buried deep in the suburbs of Irkutsk, way off the tourist map. Russian addresses are notoriously difficult to find at the best of times because the address consists of a street, ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more