The Irkutsk region is located in the southeastern part of the Siberian Federal District, from north to south it stretches for almost 1450 km, from west to east - at 1318 km . In the southeast border with Buryatia passes along Lake Baikal . The region has the richest history: these are the primeval sites, the period of the Russian settling of Eastern Siberia, the Decembrist era, and the Soviet period of shock construction projects. . Here in almost every village there are architectural and historical monuments, in the whole region of more than sixty museums and many unique natural objects . First of all, Lake Baikal and the Baikal National Park .

Administrative Center - the city of Irkutsk. Large cities - Bratsk, Angarsk, Ust-Ilimsk, Usolye-Sibirskoe, Cheremkhovo, Ust-Kut, Shelekhov, Tulun, Sayansk, Nizhneudinsk.

The difference with Moscow in time: 5 hours ahead of Moscow

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Climate of Irkutsk region

The remoteness of the Irkutsk region from the seas and the location in the center of the Asian mainland give the climate of the Irkutsk region a sharply continental character. Maximum annual differences in air temperatures can exceed 80 ° C, and daily temperatures may be as high as 30 ° C. The difference between winter and summer, night and daytime temperatures increases with the advance to the north of the region. The average annual air temperature in almost the whole territory of the Irkutsk region is negative: in Irkutsk -1 ° C, in Bratsk -2 ° C, in Katangsky region -9 ° C.

In winter, on average in different regions, the difference is -15 ° C to -33 ° C, and in the summer from +17 ° C to +33 ° C. The variety of climatic conditions of the region is determined by the large extent of the territory and the dismemberment of the relief. Winter is cold, and summers are hot and dry in the first half, in the second half are rainy. The average temperature in January is -31, 4 ° C, July +17, 7 ° C.

The map of the Irkutsk region

Shopping in the Irkutsk region

In memory of the trip to Siberia you can buy products from Siberian gems, videos and photo albums about Baikal, paintings of local artists, works of applied art, cedar cones or branded vodka "Baikal".

Many souvenirs from Siberian stones (charoite, jade, lapis lazuli) are sold over the weekend from trays in Listvyanka village

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Entertainment, excursions and sights of the Irkutsk region

Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Architectural and Ethnographic Museum "Taltsy", Circum-Baikal Railway, Patomsky Crater, Vitimsky Reserve, open-air architectural and ethnographic museum "Angarskaya Village"

Irkutsk Region

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