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- Irkutsk
- A city in Siberia, Russia, administrative centre of Irkutsk oblast
- Irkutsk
- City (pop., 2001 est.: 587,200), east-central Russia. Located on the Angara River, it was founded as a wintering camp in 1652. It soon became a commercial centre for the fur trade and a base on the Russian trade route to China and Mongolia. Its importance grew after the opening of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in 1898. An industrial and cultural centre, it is the seat of Irkutsk State University and the Siberian branch of the Academy of Sciences
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