Irkutsk Oblast, Administrative region in Siberian Federal District, Russia.
Irkutsk Oblast spans 774,846 square kilometers across central Siberia, containing Lake Baikal and extensive forests of cedar and spruce trees.
The region became an official administrative division in September 1937, following centuries of Russian exploration and settlement in eastern Siberia.
The territory includes 33 districts where Russian and Buryat populations maintain their traditions through regional festivals and local customs.
The region connects to other parts of Russia through the Trans-Siberian Railway and contains 22 cities with Irkutsk serving as the administrative center.
Lake Baikal within the oblast contains 20 percent of Earth's unfrozen fresh water and reaches depths greater than any other lake.
Location: Russia
Inception: September 26, 1937
Capital city: Irkutsk
Website: http://www.irkobl.ru/
Part of: Siberian Federal District
Shares border with: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva, Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai, Sakha
Website: http://irkobl.ru
GPS coordinates: 57.36667,106.00000
Latest update: May 27, 2025 20:14
Lake Baikal
469.8 km
Sayan Mountains
717.3 km
Barguzin Nature Reserve
413.3 km
Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station
283.4 km
Baikal Nature Reserve
654.8 km
Circum-Baikal Railway
644.5 km
Patomskiy crater
653.9 km
Ivolginsky Datsan
629 km
Vostochny Sayan
718.5 km
Monkh Saridag
718.5 km
Chara Sands
735.9 km
Bratsk Reservoir
287.2 km
Lenin's head in Ulan-Ude
624.2 km
Shamanka Rock
471.1 km
Azas Nature Reserve
832.5 km
Baikal-Lena nature reserve
369.1 km
Angara
579.4 km
Venus figurines of Mal'ta
528.8 km
Chersky Peak
669.1 km
Devil's Bridge
464.4 km
Monument of Alexander III
577.4 km
Pribaikalsky National Park
618 km
Cathedral of the Theotokos of Kazan
575 km
Zabaykalsky
453.9 km
Monastery of the Theotokos of the Sign
574.4 km
Alexandrovsky Central
526.8 km
Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
624.4 km
Talzy Museum
604 kmReviews
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