Irkutsk
Sign in to saveIrkutsk ( ; ; Buryat and , Erhüü ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.
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Irkutsk is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast in Russia, with a population of about 588,000 people. It ranks as the 25th-largest city in Russia overall and the fifth-largest in Siberia, making it one of the region's major population centers.
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- Locality
- Иркутск
- Region
- Иркутская область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 623,869
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Irkutsk ( ; ; Buryat and , Erhüü ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.
Located in the south of the eponymous oblast, the city proper lies on the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei, about 850 kilometres (530 mi) to the south-east of Krasnoyarsk and about 520 kilometres (320 mi) north of Ulaanbaatar. The Trans-Siberian Highway (Federal M53 and M55 Highways) and Trans-Siberian Railway connect Irkutsk to other regions in Russia and Mongolia.