Day 27 (20th June) Irkutsk

The first day at Irkutsk was spent sleeping in the morning and then walking down Gagarin Street along the eastern bank of the Angara River in the afternoon

The main bridge across the Angara connecting the eastern and western sides of Irkutsk

Statue of a paratrooper from Irkutsk killed in WW2

Statue of Yuri Gagarin. He had no connection with Irkutsk but there are many of statues of him in Russia.

Statue of Tsar Aleksandr III

Wooden buildings of old Irkutsk

History department of the University. Has the names of famous German academics including Humboldt inscribed on it.

Flower bed by Aleksandr III statue.

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