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You are holding a travel guide in your hands that has been created by the Mu-nicipal State-Financed Organization “Tourist Information Office of Irkutsk”. In this guide, we try to compile details that will make your stay in Irkutsk as comfor­table as possible. This is not an advertising publication; it contains useful addresses, phone numbers and work schedules of Irkutsk companies.

Prices and other data which are indicated in this travel guide are up-to-date for 2016. Please be reminded that service costs as well as addresses and work sche-dules of the companies may be changed due to holidays, moves, season change, or for other reasons that may be beyond our control. We appreciate your under-standing. The data are regularly renewed on the following website of the Tourist Information Office of Irkutsk: www.irkvisit.info. Among other things, we are always ready to advise you by phone +7 (3952) 20-50-18 and to treat a cup of coffee for you in our cozy office.

Take pleasure in visiting our city! Best regards, Tourist Information Office of Irkutsk. Let Irkutsk be an exceptionally pleasant experience for you.

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77B Dekabrskikh Sobytiy str., Irkutsk

+7 (3952) 20­50­18

irkvisit@hotmail.com

www.irkvisit.info

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Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.

Museum of urban life

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TOP 10 PLACESto visit

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Lower river embankment with monuments and churches

1 You can walk through the Lower river embankment from the monument to the founders of Irkutsk to the arch Moscow Gates, from where you can take an excursion ship around the city. Near the river promenade there are fol-

lowing churches: Epiphany Cathedral, Church of Our Saviour, Polish Roman Catholic Church, also Eternal fire and memorial for the Second World War.

Upper river embankment, monument to Alexander III

2 You can walk through the Upper river embankment, look at the monument to the Tsar (King) Alexander III, the White House. The Ethnographical Muse-um is nearby. And through the bridge you can go to walk in the park of the

Island of Youth and Konny Island, where there is the Children Railway. An excursion train, driven by children and teenagers, is to bring you through the island.

Uritskogo street /main shopping street/

4 Uritskogo street is a pedestrian shopping street, one of the old-est streets of Irkutsk. There are

stone buildings since the XIXth century, shops, banks and restaurants.

130th district with wooden houses and monument to Babr /Siberian Tiger on coat of arms/

3 130th district (Irkutskaya Slo-boda) was built for the 350th jubilee of Irkutsk in 2011. It is

a favorite and popular place for citizens and tourists. You can enjoy the beauty and variety of the ornament on wooden houses of the 18 century style. You can also take a picture with a monument to Babr, Siberian tiger with a sable in its mouth (coat of arms of Irkutsk). On the bridge to the Musical Theatre you can enjoy the panoramic view at the 130th district and Irkutsk city.

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“Wooden” streets

6 In the “wooden” streets of Irkutsk there are still old wooden houses with different ornament. These

houses are the visiting card and pride of Irkutsk. One of the most beautiful wooden houses is “Lacy house” (House of Europe) in Fridrikh Engels street. You can see wooden houses with ornament, walking through Dekabr’skikh Sobytiy st., Babushkin st., Karl Libknekht st., Volodar-skiy st., Khalturin st., Bogdan Khmelnitskiy st., Gryaznov st., Lapin st., Timiryazev st., Marata st.

Karl Marx street /main street of Irkutsk/

5 Karl Marx street (earlier — “Bol-shaya” (Big street) is the main street of Irkutsk. This is also one

of the oldest streets in Irkutsk. There are stone buildings made in the XIXth century, shops, banks, restaurants, cine-mas, monuments, also the White House, Ethnographical Museum and its depart-ments of nature and history, department of the Museum of Arts, Military fame museum, Okhlopkov Drama theatre and so on.

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Decembrists museums

7 Decembrists (or Dekabrists) were noble revolutionists, who made a revolution in St. Petersburg

in December of 1825 and were in ex-ile in Siberia and Irkutsk. They brought cultural life to Irkutsk and are adored by citizens since those days till nowadays. The wives of Decembrists followed them to Siberia and are considered as he-roes and ideals of Russian women. You can visit the Volkonskiy and Trubetskoy house museums, also the park with a monument to the wives of the Decem-brists near the Transfiguration church.

Kazan Church

8 Kazan Church is an orthodox church of the Kazan icon of Vir-gin Mary. It is one of the most

beautiful churches in Irkutsk. Our Lady of Kazan is a protector and patroness of Russia. Kazan icon of Virgin Mary is the most miraculous and significant icon of Russian Orthodox Church.

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Icebreaker Angara and the dam

10 The ship-museum Icebre-aker Angara is the oldest survived icebreaker in the

world. It is situated not far from the dam, which is a very popular place for citizens and tourists for walking, jog-ging and riding a bicycle. From the dam you can enjoy the panoramic view at the city and sunset.

Znamensky monastery

9 Znamensky monastery is the Church of the Holy Sign Painter. It is one of the oldest monaster-

ies of Siberia (1689). Near the church there is a necropolis with Decembrists and other famous citizens. Near the church there is a monument to Admiral Kolchak.

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GREENLine

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The Green Line walking route passes through the main sights of the his-toric city center. The Green Line covers 30 sights totally, including 5 chur­ches and cathedrals, 5 historical monuments, 5 museums, as well as various wooden and stone buildings, theaters, cinemas, and squares.

There are information boards with brief overviews of the sight’s history and im-portance, presented in Russian and in English, next to every one of those sights.

The route is mapped through the city’s main streets where shops and cafes as well as cozy squares and rest areas are located.

The total route length makes up approximately 5 km. It takes 2 to 3 hours to walk the full route.

Irkutsk Audio Guide+7 (3952) 658-000

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1 Monument to Alexander III2 Library of Irkutsk State University 3 Ethnographical Museum4 Okhlopkov Drama Theatre5 Monument to V. I. Lenin6 Russian-Asian Bank7 Baikal University of Economics and Law8 Church for the Sake of Archangel Michael 9 Irkutsk Art Museum10 Bazanov Educational House11 Monument to Russian-Japanese Friendship12 City Duma Building13 Kirov Square14 House of Soviets

15 Roman-Catholic Cathedral16 Church of Our Savior17 Memorial Complex18 Epiphany Cathedral19 Moscow Triumphal Arch 20 City Exhibition Center21 I. M. Feinberg Private House22 A. F. Vtorov’s Mansion23 Merchant Trapeznikov’s Mansion24 1st Arsenalnaya Street25 Grand Hotel26 Nature department of the Ethnographical Museum27 Khudozhestvenny Cinema28 City Theatre Building29 Youth Theatre30 Holy Cross Church

Green Line of Irkutsk. List of sights

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Kazan Church34/1 Barrikad str.

Church of Our Savior2 Sukhe­Bator str.

Epiphany Cathedral1A Sukhe-Bator str.

Roman-Catholic Cathedral 1 Sukhe-Bator str.

Churches

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Znamenskaya ChurchMonument to Admiral Kolchak14 Angarskaya str.

Holy Trinity Church8 Pyatoy Armii str.

Church of Xenia of St. PetersburgKomsomol Tank Monument57A Sovetskaya str.

Irkutsk Cathedral Mosque86 Karla Libknekhta str.

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V. S. Rogal City Exhibition Center 10:00 — 18:00 (Monday — day off)3 Khalturin str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 20­03­65

Museum of Irkutsk History10:00 — 18:00 (Wednesday — day off)Thursday — 10:00 — 20:0016A Frank-Kameneckogo str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 71­01­61

Holy Cross Church 130th District1 Sedov str.

Sinagogue23 Karla Libknekhta str.

Museums

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Irkutsk Regional Ethnographical Museum 10:00 — 18:00 (Monday — day off)13 Karl Marx str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 48­86­98

Irkutsk Regional Ethnographical Museum (history department)10:00 — 19:00 (Monday — day off)2 Karl Marx str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 33­34­49

Irkutsk Regional Ethnographical Museum (nature department)10:00 — 19:00 (Monday — day off)13 Karl Marx str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 34­38­32

Siberian Museum of Communications,Irkutsk department8:00 — 15:00 (Fri., Sat., Sun. — days off)35B Sverdlov str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 24­23­01

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Sukachev’s Manor10:00 — 17:30 (Monday — day off)112 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 53­12­24

Volkonsky’s Manor 10:00 — 18:00 (Monday — day off)10 Volkonskogo Lane Tel.: +7 (3952) 20­75­32, +7 (3952) 20­88­18

V. P. Sukachev Irkutsk Regional Art Museum 10:00 — 18:00 (Tuesday — day off)5 Lenin str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 34­01­46, +7 (3952) 33­39­73

Art Museum (Siberian Art Department)10:00 — 18:00 (Monday — day off)23 Karla Marx str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 33­43­89

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Trubetskoy’s Manor 10:00 — 18:00 (Tuesday — day off),Thursday — 10:00 — 20:0064 Dzerzhinskogo str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 29­26­63

Museum of Urban Life10:00 — 18:00 (Tuesday — day off)77A Dekabrskikh Sobytiy str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 20­48­84, +7 (3952) 20­52­00

Museum of Hunting10:00 — 16:00 (Sunday — day off)59 Timiryazeva str., 2nd floorTel.: +7 (3952) 96­15­22, +7 (3952) 60­71­08

Museum of Main Direc-torate of Internal Affairs, Dzerzhinsky Cultural Center9:00 — 18:00 (daily), 22 Uritckogo str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 21­32­71

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Museum of Entertaining Science (by prior request)277A Lermontov str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 67­84­32, +7(3952) 68­99­15

Experimentarium, museum of entertaining science11:00 — 19:00 (open until 20:00 on Sat. and Sun.), 2 Sedov str., 2nd floorTel.: +7 (3952) 678­432

Museum “Soldiers of the Fatherland”10:00 — 18:00 (Wednesday — day off)Thursday — 12:00 — 20:005 Chaikovskogo str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 38­10­20

Museum of Irkutsk City Passenger Carriage Depot 8:00 — 17:00 (Saturday, Sunday — days off), 1 Chelnokov str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 63­26­21

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Museum of Retro Motor-cycles and the USSR items10:00 — 19:00 (Monday — day off)27 Podgornaya str., 1st floorTel.: +7 914 908 30 00

Fire Fighting Museum10:00 — 17:00 (Sat., Sun. — day off)31B Timiryazev str.Tel.: +7 (3952) 20­86­22

Icebreaker “Angara”, Museum11:00 — 20:00 (daily), 36A Zhukov avenueTel.: +7 (3952) 35­85­51

A. V. Sidorov State Mineralogical Museum 09:00 — 17:00 (Sunday — day off)83Е Lermontov str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 40­50­62

TRANSPORT in Irkutsk

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The public transport’s fare around Irkutsk city makes up 12 rubles. If you take a tram, you should pay a fare to the fare collector shortly after entering the tram. In buses and trolleybuses, you should pay at the exit (the fare is paid to the driver). Sometimes, the driver collects an extra 12 rubles fare, depending on how much luggage you have.

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Irkutsk public transport works from 6:00 until 22:00.

At any other time, it’s better to order a taxi.

Irkutsk city traffic schemeFROM CITY CENTER TO RAILWAY STATION> Minibus /marshrutka/ 20> Tramway 1, 2, 4а

TO AIRPORTFrom the Dom Kuznetsa stop in Dzerzhinskogo St. or from any bus stop in Lenin St.> Bus 80, 80к, 480> Minibus /marshrutka/ 20, 61

From the Stadion Trud stop> Trolleybus 4> Minibus /marshrutka/ 99

TO ICEBREAKER ANGARA MUSEUMFrom the Tsentralnyi Rynok stop (Central Market) to the Prospect Zhukova stop> Bus 16с

From the Stadion Trud stop> Trolleybus 3, 5> Bus 16

TO RAKETA PIERFrom the Tsentralnyi Rynok stop (Central Market) to the Lodochnaya stop> Bus 16с

From the Stadion Trud stop to the Stomatologicheskaya Klinika stop> Trolleybus 3, 5 (then approximately 20 minutes walk) > Bus 16 to the Raketa Pier (direct route)

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Taxi Maxim — Tel. +7 (3952) 500-600

Taxi Zholtoe (Yellow cars) — Tel. +7 (3952) 500-700

Taxi Ideal — Tel. +7 (3952) 90-60-90

Taxi Rendez-vous — Tel. +7 (3952) 222-221

Taxi Shest Dvoyek — Tel. +7 (3952) 222-222

Taxi Shest Semyorok — Tel. +7 (3952) 777-777

TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF SOME IRKUTSK TAXI SERVICES

Taxi in IrkutskTaxis can often be hired next to Irkutsk­Passazhirskyi railway station, airport, and central market. Sometimes they stop by large hotels like Courtyard by Marriott, Angara Hotel, or Irkutsk Hotel. However, it is safer to order a taxi by phone through taxi services or to ask reception in any big hotel to call a taxi for you.

A taxi to any place of Irkutsk City can’t cost more than 500 rubles. If the driver asks for more money, he probably wants to trick you. It may be necessary for you to discuss the fare with the driver before you get into a taxi.

Studgorodok

Lomonosov St.

Irkutsk State University of Railway Transport (IRGUPS)

Griboedov St.

Roshcha Zvezdochka

Chayka Cinema

Mayakovskogo St.

Chkalov St.

Gorkogo St.

Lenin St.

Gornaya S Gornaya St.

Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics

Stepan Razin St. Tsentralniy Rynok (Central market)

Decembrists Museum

Bus station

Railway Station

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№1 Studgorodok — Volzhskaya

№2 Railway Station — Trampark

№3 Volzhskaya — Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)

№4 Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market) — Bratskaya

№4а Railaway station — Bratskaya

№5 Volzhskaya — Solnechniy

№6 Solnechniy — Tsentralniy Rynok

Tramway traffic plan

Gornaya S Gornaya St.

Bus station

Fuchika St.

Fabrica Uzory

Krasnogvardeyskaya St.

Decembrists Square

Pervaya Sovetskaya St.

Trilissera St.

Piskunova St. Meteostantsiya

Rynok Noviy (New Market)

Zavodskaya St.

Shestaya Sovetskaya St.

Trampark

Deputatskaya St.

Tridtsatoy Divizii St.

Transportnaya St.

Baikalskiy Microdistrict

Relay Factory

Delovoy tsentr (Business center)

Stanislavskogo St.

Karla Libknekhta St.

Volzhskaya St.

Solnechniy Microdistrict

Stadion Dinamo Pisarev St.

Detskaya St.

Ushakovskaya St.

Lenskaya St.

Zimnyaya St.

Bratskaya St. Kuybyshevskie doma St.

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№1 STUDGORODOK — VOLZHSKAYA > Studgorodok > Lomonosov St.> Irkutsk State University of Railway Transport (IRGUPS)> Griboedov St.> Roshcha Zvezdochka> Chayka Cinema > Railway Station> Mayakovskogo St.> Chkalov St.> Stepan Razin St.> Gorkogo St.> Lenin St.> Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics> Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)> Gornaya St.> Zavodskaya St.> Rynok Noviy (New Market)> Meteostantsiya> Chetvertaya Sovetskaya St.> Shestaya Sovetskaya St.> Volzhskaya St.> Karla Libknekhta St.> Deputatskaya St.> Piskunova St.> Trilissera St.> Pervaya Sovetskaya St.> Decembrists Square> Krasnogvardeyskaya St.> Decembrists Museum> Tsentralniy Rynok (Central market)> Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics> Lenin St.

№2 RAILWAY STATION — TRAMPARK > Railway Station> Mayakovskogo St.> Chkalov St.> Gorkogo St.> Lenin St.> Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics> Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)> Decembrists Museum> Krasnogvardeyskaya St.> Decembrists Square> Pervaya Sovetskaya St.> Trilissera St.> Piskuniva St.> Trampark

№3 VOLZHSKAYA — TSENTRALNIY RYNOK > Volzhskaya St.> Chetvertaya Sovetskaya St.> Shestaya Sovetskaya St.> Meteostantsiya> Rynok Noviy (New Market)> Zavodskaya St.> Gornaya St.> Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)> Decemrists Museum> Krasnogvardeyskaya St.

Tramway traffic route> Stepan Razin St.> Chkalov St.> Mayakovskogo St.> Railway Station> Chayka Cinema > Roshcha Zvezdochka> Griboedov St.> IRGUPS> Lomonosov St.> Studgorodok

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№5 VOLZHSKAYA — SOLNECHNIY MICRODISTRICT

№6 SOLNECHNIY MICRODISTRICT — TSENTRALNIY RYNOK > Solnechniy Microdistrict

№4 TSENTRALNIY RYNOK — BRATSKAYA > Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)> Decembrists Museum> Avtovokzal (Bus station)> Fabrika Uzory> Fuchika St.> Stadion Dinamo> Pisarev St.> Detskaya St.> Ushakovskaya St.> Lenskaya St.> Zimnyaya St.> Kuybyshevskie doma St.> Bratskaya St.

№4а RAILWAY STATION — BRATSKAYA > Railway Station > Mayakovskogo St.> Chkalov St.> Gorkogo St.> Lenin St.> Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics> Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)> Decembrists Museum> Avtovokzal (Bus station)> Fabrika Uzory> Fuchika St.> Stadion Dinamo> Pisarev St.> Detskaya St.

> Decembrists Square> Pervaya Sovetskaya St.> Trilissera St.> Piskunova St.> Deputatskaya St.> Karla Libknekhta St.> Volzhskaya St.

> Ushakovskaya St.> Lenskaya St.> Zimnyaya St.> Kuybyshevskie doma St.> Bratskaya St.

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> Delovoy Tsentr (Business Center)> Relay factory> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Transportnaya St.> Stanislavskogo St.> Tridtsatoy Divizii St.> Deputatskaya St.> Piskunova St.> Trilissera St.> Pervaya Sovetskaya St.> Decembrists Square> Krasnogvardeyskaya St.> Decembrists Museum> Tsentralniy Rynok (Central Market)> Gornaya St.> Zavodskaya St.> Rynok Noviy (New market)> Meteostantsiya> Chetvertaya Sovetrskaya St.> Shestaya Sovetskaya St.> Volzhskaya St.> Karla Libknekhta St.> Deputatskaya St.> Tridtsatoy Divizii St.> Stanislavskogo> Transportnaya> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Relay factory> Delovoy Tsentr (Business Center)> Solnechniy Microdistrict

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№1 Solnechniy microdistrict — Zhukovskogo St.

№3 Solnechniy microdistrict — predmest’e Marata

№4 Kirov Square — Airport

№5 Kirov Square — Solnechniy microdistrict

№6 Zhukovskogo Str. — Аirport

№7 Kirov Square — Pervomayskiy microdistrict

№7к Kirov Square — Marshala Koneva

№8 Kirov Square — Yubileyniy microdistrict

№10 Marshala Koneva — Volzhskaya

№10к Marshala Koneva — Yubileyniy microdistrict

Infektsionnaya bolnitsa (Isolation hospital)

Marshala Koneva

Shopping center Sergeevskiy

Vampilova School №55

Universitetskiy Microdistrict Akademicheskaya

State University

School №19

Akademgorodok

Eye Microsurgery Institution

Trolleybus Depot

Kirov Square

Nekrasova

Khu

Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs

Polytechnic University

Zhukovskogo

Pervomayskiy Microdistrict

Botanic Garden

Yuzhnaya passage

Melnikovskiy Rynok

Bulvar Ryabikova (Ryabikov Аvenue)

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School №28

Kayskiy passage

Novo­Melnikovo

Trolleybus traffic plan

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State University

School №19

Energetikov Settlement Yuzhnaya

Dom Kino Zakharova

Podstantsiya Garazhi (Garages)

Café Bolotnaya

Shestoy Settlement School №4

Yubileyniy Microdistrict

Oblastnaya Bolnitsa (Regional Hospital)

Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station

Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station

Baikalskiy Microdistrict Baikalskiy Microdistrict

VostokSib ElectroMontazh Stroy (VSEM)

Relay factory Lisikha

Tsimlyanskaya Volzhskaya

Trilissera

Puppet Theater

Musical Theater

Lenina (Philarmoniya)

Khudozhestvenniy Museum

Tsirk (Circus) Raysovet (Dekabrskykh Sobytyi)

Fortuna Predmest’e Marata

Khu

Diagnostic Center

Prospect Zhukova

Airport

Factory 403 of the Civil Aviation Hippodrome

Gorodok IVATU

School №23

Omulevskogo Pervaya Sovetskaya

Sukachev’s Mansion

Etalon

Relay Factory

Children’s Cultural center “Druzhba”

Stomatologicheskaya Klinika

Lodochnaya

Mukhinoy

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№1 SOLNECHNIY MICRODISTRICT — ZHUKOVSKOGO ST. > Lodochnaya> Stomatologicheskaya Klinika> Children’s Cultural Сenter “Druzhba”> Prospect Zhukova> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Mukhinoy> Dom Kino> Yuzhnaya> Energetikov Settlement> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Akademgorordok> School №19> State University> Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs> Polytechnic University> Zhukovskogo> Polytechnic University> Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs> State University> School №19> Akademgorordok> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Trolleybus Depot > Energetikov Settlement> Yuzhnaya> Dom Kino> Zakharova > Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Prospect Zhukova> Children’s Cultural Сenter “Druzhba”> Stomatologicheskaya Klinika> Lodochnaya

Trolleybus traffic routes №3 SOLNECHNIY MICRODISTRICT — PREDMEST’E MARATA > Lodochnaya> Stomatologicheskaya Klinika> Children’s Cultural Сenter “Druzhba”> Prospect Zhukova> Relay factory> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Lisikha> Tsimlyanskaya> Volzhskaya> Diagnostic Center> Тrilissera> Puppet Theater> Musical Theater> Lenina (Philarmoniya)> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Tsirk (Circus)> Raisovet (Dekabrskikh Sobytyi)> Fortuna> Remeslennoe Uchilishche (Industrial School)> Kedr (Cedar)> Gleba Uspenskogo> Marii Tsukanovoy> Obshchezhitie (Rabochego Shtaba St.)> Gas Station (Rabochego Shtaba St.)> Predmest’e Marata> Gas Station (Rabochego Shtaba St.)> Obshchezhitie (Rabochego Shtaba St.)> Marii Tsukanovoy> Gleba Uspenskogo> Kedr (Cedar)> Remeslennoe Uchilishche > Fortuna> Nekrasova> Kirov Square> Khudozhestvennyi Museum> Stadion Trud> Musical Theater

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№4 KIROV SQUARE — АIRPORT > Kirov Square> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Stadion Trud> Musical Theater> Etalon> Pervaya Sovetskaya> Оmulevskogo> School №23> Gorodok IVATU> Hippodrome> Factory 403 of the Civil Aviation> Аirport> Factory 403 of the Civil Aviation> Hippodrome> Gorodok Irkutsk Military Aviation Technical College> School №23> Оmulevskogo> Sukachev’s Mansion> Etalon> Puppet Theater> Musical Theater> Lenina (Philarmoniya)> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Kirov Square

№5 KIROV SQUARE — SOLNECHNIY MICRODSITRICT > Kirov Square> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Stadion Trud> Musical Theater> Puppet Theater> Тrilissera> Diagnostic Center> Volzhskaya> Tsimlyanskaya> Lisikha> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Prospect Zhukova> Children’s Cultural center “Druzhba”> Stomatologicheskaya Klinika> Lodochnaya> Stomatologicheskaya Klinika> Children’s Cultural center “Druzhba”> Prospect Zhukova> Relay factory> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Lisikha> Tsimlyanskaya> Volzhskaya> Diagnostic center> Тrilissera> Puppet Theater> Musical Theater> Lenina (Philarmoniya)> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Kirov Square

№6 ZHUKOVSKOGO ST. — АIRPORT > Zhukovskogo St.> Polytechnic University> Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs> State University

> Puppet Theater> Trilissera> Diagnostic Сenter> Volzhskaya> Tsimlyanskaya> Lisikha> Baikalskyi Microdistrict> Prospect Zhukova> Children’s Cultural center “Druzhba”> Stomatologicheskaya Klinika> Lodochnaya

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> School №19> Akademgorodok> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Trolleybus Depot> Energetikov Settlement> Yuzhnaya> Dom Kino> Zakharova> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Relay factory> VostokSibElectroMontazhStroy (VSEM)> Аirport> VostokSibElectroMontazhStroy (VSEM)> Relay factory> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Mukhinoy> Dom Kino > Yuzhnaya> Energetikov Settlement> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Аkademgorodok> School №19> State University> Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs> Polytechnic University> Zhukovskogo

№7 KIROV SQUARE — PERVOMAYSKIY MICRODISTRICT > Kirov Square> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Stadion Trud> Musical Theater> Puppet Theater

> Тrilissera> Diagnostic Center> Volzhskaya> Tsimkyanskaya> Lisikha> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Мukhinoy> Dom Kino> Yuzhnaya> Energetikov Settlement> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Аkademgorodok> School №19> State University> Akademicheskaya> Universitetskiy Microdistrict> School №55> Botanic Garden> Vampilova> Pervomayskiy Microdistrict> Vampilova> Botanic Garden> School №55> Universitetskiy Microdistrict> Law Institute> State University> School №19> Akademgorodok> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Trolleybus Depot> Energetikov Settlement> Yuzhnaya> Dom Kino> Zakharova> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Relay factory> Baikalskiy Microdistrict

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№7к PERVOMAYSKIY MICRODISTRICT — MARSHALA KONEVA > Infektsionnaya bolnitsa (Isolation hospital)> Bulvar Ryabikova (Ryabikov Avenue)> Kaiskiy passage> Melnikovskiy rynok> Shopping center Sergeevskiy> Novo-Melnikovo> Botanic Garden> Vampilova> Pervomayskiy Microdistrict> Vampilova> Botanic Garden> Novo-Melnikovo> Shopping center Sergeevskiy> Yuzhnaya passage> Melnikovskiy rynok> Kayskiy passage> Bulvar Ryabikova (Ryabikov Avenue)> School №28> Marshala Koneva

№8 KIROV SQUARE — YUBILEYNIY MICRODISTRICT > Kirov Square> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Stadion Trud

> Musical Theater> Puppet Theater> Тrilissera> Diagnostic Center> Volzhskaya> Tsimlyanskaya> Lisikha> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Zakharova> Bolotnaya> Café (Yubileyniy)> Sadovodstvo (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> Shestoy Settlement> Oblastnaya Bolnitsa> Garazhi (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> School №4> Podstantsiya (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> Zakharova> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Relay factory> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Lisikha> Tsimlyanskaya> Volzskaya> Dagnostic Center> Trilissera> Puppet Theater> Musical Theater> Lenina (Philarmoniaya)> Khudozhestvenniy Museum> Kirov Square

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> Energetikov Settlement> Yuzhnaya> Dom Kino> Zakharova> Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station> Baikalskiy Microdistrict> Lisikha> Tsimlyanskaya> Volzhskaya

№10к MARSHALA KONEVA — YUBILENIY MICRODISTRICT > Infektsionnaya bolnitsa (Isolation hospital)> School №28> Bulvar Ryabikova (Ryabikov Avenue)> Kayskiy passage> Melnikovskiy rynok> Yuzhnaya passage> Shopping center Sergeevskiy> Novo-Melnikovo> Botanic Garden> School №55> Universitetskiy Microdistrict> Institute of Law> State University> School №19> Akademgorodok> Eye Microsurgery Institution> Trolleybus Depot> Energetikov Settlement> Yuzhnaya> Dom Kino> Zakharova> Bolotnaya> Café (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> Sadovodstvo (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)

> Shestoy Settlement > Oblastnaya Bolnitsa (Regional Hospital)> Garazhi (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> School №4> Podstantsiya (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> Garazhi (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> School №4> Podsatntsiya (Yubileyniy Microdistrict)> Zakharova> Mukhinoy> Dom Kino> Yuzhnaya> Energetikov Settlement> Eye Microsurgery Institution

> Akademgorodok> School №19> State University> Akademicheskaya> Universitetskiy Microdistrict> School №55> Botanic Garden> Novo-Melnikovo> Shopping Center Sergeevskiy> Yuzhnaya passage> Melnikovskiy rynok> Kayskiy passage> Bulvar Ryabikova (Ryabikov Avenue)> School №28> Marshala Koneva

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Listvyanka Settlement — or Listvennichnoye, that’s how it was called by the first Siberian settlers — is located near the separating line between Lake Baikal and Angara River. This place seems to be double-natured in terms of history. With its new hotels and actively developing infrastructure, this is a modern tourist settle-ment at first sight. If you take a longer walk along the shoreline, the time begins to lose its importance. You will find yourself surrounded by wild nature that has never been reclaimed or tamed and still is a law to itself. You will find yourself observing the spanless waters and clouded mountain ranges.

The Shaman StoneFrom the ancient times, people described the Shaman Stone as an unusual place. According to beliefs of the local dwellers, Ama Sagan Noyon, the master of Angara river, lived there. People used to pray and perform rituals there. They also had a cus-tom of bringing there an evil doer and leaving him alone on the stone. If he wasn’t washed away with Baikal waters by the morning, he was considered innocent.

The legend says that Baikal wanted his beautiful daughter Angara to marry a young warrior called Irkut (Irkut River is one of the Angara’s tributaries). But Angara had already been in love with another warrior, Enisey, and managed to escape from the father. In anger, Baikal threw an enormous stone in the wake of his daughter — and that was the Shaman Stone.

After the Hydroelectric Power Station Irkutsk had been built, the Angara water level raised, and it’s possible to see the very top of the Shaman Stone (1–1,5 m) in fine weather.

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How to get there? > Bus. Departure: from the bus station (Avtovokzal). Travel time makes up about 1,5 hours. Schedule: every 2–3 hours. Fare: 103 rubles. You can ask for more details at the bus station.

> Minibus. Departure: from Tsentralnyi Rynok (Central Market) (parking place is in front of Shopping Center TK in Timiryazev Street). The minibuses have “Listvyanka” signs. Schedule: every 20–30 minutes. Travel time: about an hour. Fare: 140 rubles.

> Motor ship (only in summer). Departure: from the Raketa pier in Solnechnyi Microdistrict. Travel time: an hour. Fare: approximately 400 rubles. You can ask for schedule details at the ticket office by phone: 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or take a look at the website www.vsrp.ru.

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Where to stay?11 Hotel MayakListvyanka, 85A Gorkogo St.+7 (3952) 49-69-1112 Hotel Legend of BaikalListvyanka, 11 Istok Angary St.+7 (3952) 960-150; +7 (3952) 490-50513 Anastasia HotelNikola Settlement, 8 Angarskaya St.+7 (3952) 490-191, 490-460, 490-31014 Belka HostelListvyanka, 77A Chapaev St.+79526261251, +7 (3952)761 251

The Great Baikal Trail starts in Listvyanka Settlement. If you want to

use it, you should register at the Pribaikalsky National Park forestry first in order to get the permission.

Listvyanka forestry:Tamara Petrovna Shumilova

Listvyanka, 2 Gorkogo St.+7 (3952) 659-210

What to see?1 Baikal Museum2 Cherskiy Stone, cable­way3 Nerpinary4 Fish market5 Observatory6 Shaman Stone7 Bard Song Theater 8 Baikal Gems Museum

Where to eat? 9 Restaurant Sval (Свалъ)Listvyanka, 31 Gorkogo St.+7 (3952) 49-69-7410 Listvyanka Club Grill & RestaurantListvyanka, 2 Sudzilovskogo St.+7 (3952) 496-739

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A quiet settlement with an odd name Bolshiye Koty is hidden among the taiga 18 km away from the famous Listvyanka Settlement, where many tourists begin to explore Lake Baikal.

Why Bolshiye Koty? There are several versions. One of them is related to fishing. This settlement is situated in a narrow valley among Baikal rocks near the bank of the Bolshaya Kotinka river. Formerly, the special traps called “kotsy” were used for the deep­sea fishing in the fish spawning season. The similar word can be found in the Russian dictionary of Dal: the word “koty” means a fish trap set at a river mouth. Another version that explains the name’s origin is the word “kotky” or “koty” that was used for wooden shoes of katorzhniks (convicts that had been exiled to Siberia).

The Museum of Baikal is situated in the settlement today; more than 400 various exhibits are presented here, including a rich collection of beetles, butterflies, and dragonflies. You can also visit a working scientific research station here.

Skriper Rock In the late 18th century, the rock near the settlement Bolshiye Koty was called Chayachy. The origin of its current name, Skriper, is associated with a gold mine that was located nearby in the 19th century. An earthmoving machine called scraper worked on the gold mine. For many years, this machine served as main reference point of the area, and the entire rocky massif derived its name in the end. The word “scraper” (from English “to scrape”) has become the Russian “skriper”, similar in sound to the verb “skripet”. The name Skriper Rock had been kept. In 1985, it was awarded the status of the state nature monument of landscape type.

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How to get there?> Motor ship (only in summer). Departure: pier “Raketa” in the Solnechnyi Micro-district. Travel time makes up 1 hour 30 minutes. Fare: 750 rubles. You can ask for more details at the pier’s ticket office by tel. 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru.

> Walking route from Listvyanka Settlement to Bolshiye Koty Settlement is called the Great Baikal Trail. Its length makes up 18–24 km. Travel time is 5–8 hours (it depends on the traveler’s experience).

> By car or snowmobile on the lake’s ice (in winter). Travel time is 15–20 min-utes.

Where to stay?8 Tourist center “Priyut starateley” Irkutsk, 2A Rabochaya St., off. 508 (to book)+7 (3952) 96-09-92, 8-904-12-54-5619 Hotel “Mayak” Bolshiye Koty, 63B Baikalskaya St.8-908-6-40-33-9010 Recreation center “Chernyi Kot” Bolshiye Koty, 14A Zarechnaya St.8-908-647-81-4011 Recreation Center “Shale” Bolshiye Koty, 10 Podgornaya St. 8-9148-951-961

What to see?1 Museum of Baikal and an Aquarium of the Biology Institute2 Sennaya Pad and the gold mine 3 The gold mine on the stream in Chernaya Pad4 Skriper Rock5 Two brothers Rock6 Grebeshok Rock

Where to eat? 7 Meals can be served at recreation centers in the settlement.

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in Chernaya Pad, keep in mind that not only can you try on yourself as

a prospector but also sweat in a great bath-house located at the proximate

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Olkhon is considered to be the heart of Lake Baikal. This island is enfolded in ancient legends. A poetic legend about the origin of the Buryat people is connected with this place. According to the legend, a hunter called Horidoy got married to the Holy Mother­swan, and they had eleven sons who became the ancestors of eleven Khorinsky tribes.

The island is protected from the intruders by Baikal cold waters and that’s why it has kept its traditions longer than other places. According to the legend, the first Buryat shaman got his powers there. In Genghis Khan’s times, Mongolian shamans came there during their persecution by lamas. To the present day, Olkhon Island has a reputation of a place where Baikal’s formidable spirits live.

Burkhan CapeBurkhan Cape (as known as Shaman Rock, Shamanka) is one of the nine holy places in Asia. It is situated in Khuzhir village. According to the beliefs of Buryat shamans, the most formidable and esteemed spirit, the keeper of Olkhon, lives in a cave of the cape. People brought sacrifices for him. It had been vowed there since the first shamans appeared. Shamans were buried or burnt to ashes in the sacred grove near the cape. The devotional items gathered in this grove are kept in the local historical museum.

After Tibetan Buddhism had been spread among the Buryats, the cave gained re-spect of Buryat Buddhists, too. Initially, shamanistic rites had been carried out in the cave, and the Buddha’s altar was built there afterwards.

Women used to keep two miles away from that place. There had been a belief that “guilty” and “sinful” women could desecrate the holy place. According to another version, that was a protection for women. It was believed that the cave was able to impact the childbirth badly or even make a woman sterile.

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How to get there? > Bus from the bus station (only in summer). Travel time makes up approxi-mately 8–9 hours. Schedule: 1–2 trips per day (at 9:00 and at 11:00). Fare: about 500 rubles. You can ask for more details at the bus station. You should buy the tickets in advance (a few days earlier).

> Minibus from the bus station with the “Olkhon, Khuzhir” signs in Russian and in English. The bus stop is on the left side of the traffic, Timiryazev Street (refer-ence point — café “Master Grill”). Travel time makes up approximately 5-7 hours. Schedule: in summer, the microbuses arrive for every 2-3 hours (5 rides a day), in low season there are 2 rides a day (approximately at 10:00 and at 15:00). Fare: 800 rubles (can be changed depending on the season). You can ask for details and reserve a seat by tel. +7 (3952) 67-20-20.

> Minibus from the Tsentralnyi rynok (Central market). The parking place is on the side of Timiryazev Street. Pick­up service available. Fare: 900 rubles. Tel. +7 (3952) 720-007.

> Motor ship (only in summer). Departure: Raketa pier, (Solnechnyi Microdistrict). Travel time is 5,5–8 hours. Fare: about 3 200–4 000 rubles. You can ask for schedule details at the ticket office by tel. 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or take a look at the website www.vsrp.ru.

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Where to stay?8 Hotel “Usadba Nikity Bencharova” Olkhon, village Khuzir, 8 Kirpichnaya St.+7 (914) 89578659 Baikal View HotelOlkhon, village Khuzhir, 17 Rossiyskaya St.+7(3952)76-84-84;+7(3952)76-81-8410 Mini-hotel BaikalOlkhon, village Khuzhir, 36 Voroshilova St.+7 (3952) 68-32-16, +7 (3952) 24-06-0811 Recreation center “Solnechnaya” Olkhon, village Khuzhir, 14 Solnechnaya St.+7 (3952) 68-32-16, +7 (3952) 24-06-0812 Recreation center “U Svetlany”Olkhon, village Khuzir, corner Pervomaiskaya and Baykalskaya St.+7902-170-38-62, +7950-102-03-41

What to see?1 Shamanka Rock 2 The Museum of Local History in Khuzhir village3 Excursion to the Khoboy cape4 Excursion to the salty lake Shara-Nur5 Sandy beach of the Saraisky Bay

Where to eat? 6 Café “Kayuta kapitana” Olkhon, village Khuzhir, 64/1 Baykalskaya St.7 Café “Kudesnitsa”Olkhon, village Khuzhir, 48B Baykalskaya St.+7 914 000-92-11

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Bolshoye Goloustnoye is a village with well-developed tourist infrastructure that is situated on the western shore of Lake Baikal in the Goloustnaya river’s delta. It is about 120 km far from Irkutsk.

It is surprising that Goloustnaya river starts next to Lake Baikal and then makes a big loop, returns to the lake and gives its waters to Baikal. In its striving for Baikal, the river divided the steppe with 8 beds. 5 of them are dried up now and the water flows only through the latter three. If you have a look at that from far away you will see only bare mouths. Hence the river has its name Goloustnaya (Bare Mouths).

History of establishment and development of Bolshoye Goloustnoye village is con-nected with a water trade route between Russia and China. Merchant ships got to the Idin-Gol river’s delta (Buryat name of Goloustnaya river) by Angara river and on Baikal from Irkutsk. Already from here they crossed Baikal and found themselves in the Selenga delta. In the 17th century, a special wharf had been constructed for the ships. Later, a settlement was established near the wharf. The protopope Avvakum and the Decembrists stayed in Bolshoye Goloustnoye. The one of the first Baikal lighthouses was built in this settlement.

Saint Nicolas ChurchThe first chapel was built in 1701 on the Baikal bank in Bolshoye Goloustnoye. In the late 17th century, the Ambassadorial monastery’s monks placed a cross there. St. Nicolas parish was consecrated in February 1867 and the St. Nicolas Church — the navigators’ protector was constructed nearby. 70 years after, in the Soviet period, the church was closed, the bells were taken away, and all the icons but two were burnt. Later, a dancing hall was established there.

The head of administration, who ordered to demolish this church, is said to face the punishment from heaven — he became blind. The first divine services took place in the restored church in 1995. Though after that the building was twice burnt to ashes and for the last time it was rebuilt in 2004.

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How to get there? > Bus. Departure: from the bus station. Travel time makes up approximately 5 hours. You can ask for more fare and schedule details at the bus station’s ticket office: +7 (3952) 500-366, www.автовокзал­онлайн.рф.

> Boat. Water transport can be rented in Listvyanka Settlement.

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to Bolshoye Goloustnoye is covered with gravel.

What to see?1 St. Nicolas Church2 Dry Lake 3 Ushkanya Pad4 Okhotnichya Cave5 Horse court (Sverdlova 18)6 Goloustnenskaya banner bank

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Where to stay?8 Hotel “Alye parusa” 129, Kirov St.+7(914) 950-9301, +7(914)899-96599 Hotel “Victoria”1, Pimenova St.+7(902) 57-87-89010 Hotel Russkoe Podvorie2B, Kirov St.+7(3952) 688-955, 8-9021-788-55511 Guest house Baikal Home6, Sverdlov St.+7 (3952) 97-11-21, +7(914) 93-75-37712 Guest house “U Mikhalycha” 124, Kirov St. +7 (914) 899 64 54

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Baikalskaya Riviera. This name is used thank to the mild microclimate and a great number of sunny days in Peschanaya Bay, or Peschanka. One of the most beautiful and amazing places of Baikal is situated in the southern part of Lake’s west coast 75 km away from the Angara river’s source to the northeast, 35 km away of Bolshoye Goloustnoye to the north and 86 km away from the Buguldeyka village to the south.

This cozy Bay is formed by a sandy hillside covered with pine forest. The comfort of this sacred place is protected by Bolshaya and Malaya Kolokolnya rocky capes.

Babushka BayBabushka Bay, a picturesque and comfortable (but kind of more “compact”) place, is situated 1,5 km away from Peschanaya Bay. It is formed by Ded Cape from the west and by Bolshaya Kolokolnya Cape from the north.

Formerly, Babushka Bay was famous for its beach. Baikal casted lots of colorless and transparent quartz stones and their varieties like light chalcedonies and bright jaspers on the shore. Unfortunately, the famous beach is not the same anymore.

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How to get there?> Motor ship (only in summer). Departure: Raketa pier in the Solnechniy Micro-district. Travel time makes up 3 hours 40 minutes. Fare: 2 600 rubles. You can ask for more details at the pier’s ticket office by tel. 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru.

Camping in Peschanaya Bay and

Babushka Bay is forbidden because those areas are part of the Pribaikalsky

National Park.

What to see?1 Stilted trees, “dancing” pines and larches2 Bolshaya and Malaya Kolokolnya rocky capes3 Panorama rock4 Rock Baklaniy Kamen 5 Small Waterfall Cascade in the Shumilikha river’s gully6 Burkhan-Ongon Statue

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Where to stay?8 Hotel “Bukhta Peschanaya”+7 (3952) 23-07-189 Hotel “Baikalskiye Duny”+7 (3952) 201-852

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The Circum-Baikal Railway Construction of the Circum­Baikal Railway required tremendous effort and un-common decisions. The task was complicated. People had to build 40 tunnels, 16 stone galleries, 470 viaducts and 280 retaining walls.

The longest tunnel of the Circum-Baikal Railway is 778 meters long and passes through the Polovinniy Cape at the route’s 110th km. The train runs through the tunnel for long enough so you’ll have a chance to think up a good wish (people believe that if you make a wish in that place it will for sure come true).

The Circum­Baikal Railway is a unique place, an engineering monument built in the late 19th century. Tunnels and stone galleries of the Circum-Baikal Rail-way were made upon non­typical projects of Russian, Italian and Prussian engineers.

Some time ago, the Circum­Baikal Railway was a part of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Then the Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station was built in the 1950s, so a part of the road constructed along the Angara River had been flooded, and the way turned to a dead-end.

Nowadays, the Circum­Baikal Railway is a part of the railway line between the small settlement called Port Baikal and Kultuk. There are three tourist trains that run there: the ordinary one that is pulled by a diesel locomotive; the vintage one that is pulled by steam locomotive traction, and the modern one that is a rail tramway. The route’s destination is Listvyanka Settlement or Irkutsk City and the travel makes up about 12 hours. Then, it is convenient to continue your journey to Tunkinskaya Valley, Baikalsk or Olkhon Island.

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How to get there?> Tourist train. Departure: from Irkutsk­Passazhirskiy station several times a week. Fare: about 4 000 rubles. You can reserve a seat in the office of Krugobai-kalskiy Express: 68G Gagarin avenue, Irkutsk.

> The Matanya Train runs the route between Sludyanka and Port Baikal. Travel time: 5,5 hours. Departure: every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from Sludyanka at 13:24, or from Port Baikal at 2:45 in the night. Fare: about 100 rub les. You can find more details on the website of the Russian Railways (www.rzd.ru).

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in Port Baikal, it totally does pay off. That quite, cozy

and “not happening” place is an alternative to the noisy

Listvyanka Settlement. The two settlements share the Angara source and are connected by

the ferry crossing.

What to see?1 Old lighthouse situated on the top of Baranchik Cape2 Circum Baikal-Railway sites3 Circum Baikal-Railway Museum at the Railway Station building4 Transfiguration Church

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Where to stay?6 Hotel Lesnaya Skazka the 110th km of the Circum-Baikal Railway, Polovinnaya station +7(3952) 200-7457 Recreation Center KrugobaikalskayaPort Baikal, 33 Gornaya St.+7(902) 510-2371, +7(902) 510-23728 Hotel Paradiz Port Baikal, 11A Baikalskaya St.+7(902) 510-74-509 Hotel U starogo mayaka Port Baikal, 73th km of Circum-Baikal Railway, +7(3952) 780-424

Where to eat?5 At cafes by hotels.

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Sludyanka is a small town in Irkutsk region in the west of Lake Baikal. The dis-tance from the regional center makes up 110 km. It is a large railway loop of Circum-Baikal Railway. Circum-Baikal Railway starts here.

Many tourist routes in Sayan and Khamar-Daban Mountains begin in Sludyan-ka. One of the most popular routes is a route to Cherskiy Peak.

Shamanskiy Cape is situated not far — 3 km from the town. It is the most western point of Lake Baikal.

Shamanskiy CapeShamanskiy Cape (Aikha­Shulun, “Terrible Stone”) is a continuation of a Khamar­Daban burg. According to the legend, a long time ago, a shaman was buried in the cave. Perhaps for this reason the ancient Buryats considered this place as a sacred one and performed their sacrificial rites there to gain the spirits’ favor. As time went by, Russian merchants began to stay on Shamanskiy Cape. They adopted the cus-tom of sacrificial rite thinking that they could improve their commerce in such a way.

Then the caves of Shamanskiy Cape submerged at high tide and became a legend because of construction of the electric power station and Baikal’s rising tide. Only one cave has been left but it is almost flooded. You can travel to it by boat in sum-mer or on the ice in winter.

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How to get there?> Minibus (marshrutka). Departure: from the bus station as well as from the rail-way station (look for the building with the Avtokassy signboard. Travel time: about 1,5 hours. Schedule: hour by hour from 8:00 till 20:00. Fare: approximately 130 rubles.

> Electrichka (electric train). Departure: from “Irkutsk­Passazhirskiy” station at 9:21, 17:36. 18:46 (local time). Approximate fare: 100 rubles.

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Where to stay?12 Hotel Serebryaniy istochnik (Silver spring)10 Pereulok Sludyanoy +7 (39544) 53-194, +7 (904) 121-030913 Hotel Bike-KhanSukhoi Ruchei Settlement, 17 Profsoyuznaya St.+7 (964-2) 18-15-9314 Recreation Center Sibir9A Sorok Let Oktyabrya St.+7 (914) 901385315 Hotel Edelveis44 Sludyanaya St.+7 (914) 9013853

Where to eat? 7 Café Bagulnik97 Lenin St.8 Café Baikalskiy Tranzit40 Komsomolskaya St.9 Cafe Sputnik46A Sovetskaya St.10 Cafe Kristall (Crystal)75 Lenin St.11 Rybniy Rynok (Fish market)

Sludyanka Settlement is famous

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Arshan Settlement is a wonderful mountain resort in Tunka Valley (130 km away from Sludyanka station) that is located at the foot of the majestic Sayan Mountains. The Buryat word “Arshan” means “healing water”, or “healing spring”. Arshan’s unique carbonaceous mineral waters help to fight against digestive, res-piratory, metabolic or endocrine system diseases.

The Kyngyrga mountain stream that flows through the resort area will bring joy to you with its purity and freshness. You can explore waterfalls in its upstream flow, and magnificent alpine meadows in the mountains.

Besides, Arshan is famous for the traditional Buryat cuisine. Buuzy (pozy) are served at every café.

How Arshan Settlement had been discovered?That was a lifetime ago. A Buryat hunter went hunting. He tracked down a beautiful deer, shot an arrow at him and managed to injure him. In delight for a lucky shot, he began to follow the deer. Day by day, he traced the deer but couldn’t get up to him. He was very tired, but his excitement made him go on. Finally, he did that and the deer, also exhausted and worn­out, was standing right before him. The hunter wanted to shoot one more arrow but he wasn’t even able to stretch a bow. Suddenly, the deer went to a tiny lake, or rather a big and deep puddle. He stood in its waters for some time and suddenly jumped out on the shore as if he hadn’t been wounded at all. The hunter was astonished: what a marvelous lake was that! He came down, plunged himself in and felt that his tiredness vanished. He stood there longer and felt himself strong like a hero. He thanked all the gods and spirits that he knew, returned to his settlement, and told everyone about his finding.

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How to get there? > Bus. Departure: from the bus station, at 8:00 and 8:45. Travel time: approx-imately 4–5 hours. Fare: about 400 rubles. You can ask for more details at the bus station ticket office by tel. +7 (3952) 500-366, or on the website www.автовокзал­онлайн.рф.

Arshan Settlement got a status of public

resort in 1920. People started to build sanitariums there in 1928. Since those times Arshan is one of the most popular places in Buryatia

for medical treatment and vacation.

What to see?1 Love Peak2 Waterfalls at the Kyngarga River3 Sacred grove of tears and Eye spring4 Datsan5 “Genghis Khan throne” stone6 Ancient volcanoes7 Mongolian market

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Where to stay?12 Guest house Dangina6 Pereulok Lomonosova 7 (964) 218-38-1213 Sanatorium Sayany8 Traktovaya St.+7 (30147) 9-74-81, 8 (30147) 9-77-8214 Mansion Monetniy Dvor (Mint)89 Traktovaya St.+7 (950) 077-33-32, +7 (30147) 973-2915 Tourist Center Sosnovyi Bor (Pinery)115 Veresova St.8914899-88-89, 8914892-87-9716 Hotel Zamok gornogo korolya (Mountainous King Castle)18 Gagarin St.8 (3952) 205-645, 8914-8760-294

Where to eat? 8 Café Altan­Serge, 2 Marata St.9 Café Aryuna, 53 Veresova St.10 Cafe Shangrila, 7 Traktovaya St.11 Cafe Buryatia, 83 Traktovaya St.

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Baikalsk

Baikalsk, along with Sobolinaya Mountain, is a popular skiing center of Eastern Siberia. The city is located on the shore of the southern Lake Baikal at the foots of picturesque mountains of Khamar-Daban 150 km away from Irkutsk, and 300 km away of Ulan-Ude to the west. It is situated at the same time on the federal highway “Baikal” and on the Trans­Siberian Railway, and that’s why it is easy to get there.

The Sobolinaya Mountain disposes three main slopes intended for mass skiing as well as sport skiing. The slopes’ length makes up 2 000 meters with elevation changes — 500 meters. There are six certified sport tracks and a number of tourist routes with specially equipped training slopes for the beginners and children.

Strawberry FestivalBaikalsk attracts visitors not only in winter but in summer, too. In the second half of July, the strawberry “Victoria” festival, a bright and delicious event, is held here. Due to the Baikal climate the berries are big, fragrant and sweet. Irkutsk residents stock up with buckets and boxes for strawberry in advance. More than twenty varieties of this berry are cultivated in Baikalsk. “Zinga-Zinga” is one of the best. You should try this queen of berries!

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How to get there? > Bus. Departure: from the bus station, usually at 9:30. Travel time: approximate-ly 4–5 hours. Fare: 250 rubles. You can ask for more details at the ticket office by telephone +7 (3952) 500-366 or on the website www.автовокзал­онлайн.рф.

> Electrichka (electric train). Departure to Baikalsk: at 17:36. You can buy tickets at the railway station and ask for the time-table on the website of the Russian Railway Station.

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ice bricks is built on the shore of the lake every winter in Baikalsk. Doors and shelves

are made of wood but the oven is made of iron. The thick ice allows warming up the sweat bath up to 120 degrees. The ice crackles and melts but it doesn’t give up! After

this heat you can easily jump into the ice-hole and then

again in the sweat bath!

What to see?1 Skiing resort Sobolinaya Mountain2 Ice bath3 “The Ear of Baikal” Monument4 Monument to the strawberry5 Garnet beach with red sand

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Where to stay?10 Hotel Grand BaikalSobolinaya Mountain skiing resort+7 (3952) 259-26311 Park-Hotel Beliy Sobol (White sable)Krasny Klyuch Microdistrict 93+7 (950) 110-6000, +7 (39542) 33-10012 Hotel SobolinayaKrasny Klyuch Microdistrict 90+7 (39542) 3-30-65, +7 (39542) 334-1813 Hotel BaikalGagarina Microdistrict 198+7 (39542) 3-48-9814 Hotel Metelitsa (Snowstrom)Krasny Klyuch Microdistrict 9+7 (914) 430-0303, +7 (908) 651-18-63

Where to eat? 6 Restaurant “U Ozera” (To the lake)169 Gagarin St.7 Café Konversiya (Conversion)2 Gagarin St.8 Restaurant Klukva (Cranberry)Krasny Klyuch Microdistrict 939 Bar Magnit (Magnet)181 Gagarin St.

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Ust­Barguzin (Buryat — Bargazhanay­Adag) is an urban-type settlement in Buryatia, 270 km away from Ulan-Ude city. It is situated at the mouth of the Barguzin River at its confluence with the Barguzinsky gulf.

In summer, Ust­Barguzin is the most popular place for visitors. Tourists pass through it during the travel, by the overland route, to the Barguzinskaya valley or in the Zabaikalskiy national park. The area of the national park which includes the water area of Barguzinskiy and Chivyrkuiskiy gulfs, Ushkany Islands, begins behind Ust-Barguzin. This place is considered one of the best on Baikal because of its picturesque nature, shallow sandy beaches, and hot springs. A variety of unique natural monuments attracts a great number of travelers.

Ushkany IslandsFour rocky islands situated 8 km away from the Svyatoy Nos Peninsula (Holy Nose), are famous for the biggest seal­rookery (Nerpa) on Baikal. The interest to this out-of-the-way place is so great that web cameras were installed there and now tourists can observe this reserved seal beach because its visiting is interdicted by law. But the nerpa (seal) is not all surprising things of Ushkany Islands. You can see there rare black birches and lots of ants!

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How to get there? > Motorship (only in summer). Departure: from the pier Raketa. Travel time: ap-proximately 12 hours. Schedule: one run per week, on Monday at 9:15. Fare: about 4 800 rubles. You can ask for the schedule at the pier’s ticket­office by telephone 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru.

> Bus or minibus (marshrutka). Departure: from the bus station in Ulan­Ude. Travel time: approximately 5 hours. Fare: about 400-500 rubles.

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What to see?1 Zabaikalskiy National Park2 Barguzinskiy forest reserve3 Svyatoy Nos Peninsula (Holy Hose)4 Frolikhinskiy zakaznik5 Hot springs in Zmeinaya Bay6 Ecological and Ethnographic Park-Museum “Svetlaya Polyana” in the Maksimikha village

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Barguzinskiy gulf is one of the most

beautiful and the largest gulf of Baikal (about

700 km2). There are many sandy and shingly beaches

and the water in bays warms up to 22 degrees.

Where to stay?8 Hotel Barguzinskiy Priboy1 Barguzinskaya St.+7( 3843) 32-09-60, 32-09-509 Hotel Lukomorye37 Baikalskaya St., Maksimikha village+7 (983) 436036510 Guest House Prichal1A Kogalnitskogo St.+7 (3012) 678-10111 Hotel Sindbad1 Sosnovaya St.+7 (924) 391-1456

Where to eat?7 At cafes by hotels.

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If you are interested in the north of Baikal, Severobaikalsk city will become the reference point of your travel. It is situated 440 km away from Ulan-Ude and 500 km away from Irkutsk. There is a small straight area surrounded from three sides by high burgs of Baikal mountain range. From here, you can easily get to unique natural sites like reserves, lakes, springs, mountains and sands…

Besides, the city itself also surprises tourists, chiefly, by its original architecture. Many people go to Severobaikalsk in order to make a journey in the past, to plunge into the post­soviet time, the seventies of the 20th century. Most dwelling houses are made according to standard project elaborated specially for Severobaikalsk city. Their un-usual polygon form, lack of balconies and enclosed yards protected from the pene-trating winds makes them different from the other buildings. Such buildings always impress the visitors of Severobaikalsk.

Severobaikalsk Railway StationHuge windows and curved lines of a mowed roof that resembles of slide or sail. The showy railway station created by St. Petersburg architects is the pride of Severo-baikalsk residents. As if it reminds that the city originated and exists up to this day thanks to the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

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How to get there? > Train. Departure: from the “Irkutsk­Passazhirskiy” station. Schedule: one time per day at 23:53 or at 18:38. Travel time: approximately 30–35 hours. Fare: open­plan carriage (3rd class) — about 3 000 rubles, compartment (2nd class)— about 5 550 rubles.

> Motorship. Departure: from the pier Raketa. Schedule: approximately at 8:30 on Tuesday and on Friday. Travel time: 12 hours. Fare: about 4 600 rubles. You can ask for more detail in the pier’s ticket­office by telephone 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru.

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Severobaikalsk is not quite Baikal.

The “Sea” is completely opened in Baikalskoye village,

40 km away from the city.

1 Barguzinskiy zapovednik2 Mineral and thermal springs (Khakusy, Kotelnikovskiy Cape, Goudzhekit, Dzelinda)3 Yarky Island4 Sludyanska’s Lakes5 Frolikha Lake6 Ayaya Bay7 Gramninskoe Lake8 Cherskiy Mountain Range9 Gitara Lake10 Ludar Cape11 Singing sands Turaly12 Traditional Evenk Kholodnoe Settlement (Cold Settlement)

Where to stay?17 Hotel Baikal-service19 Promyshlennaya St.+7 (908) 592-00-82, +7 (902) 168-04-5618 Hotel Olimp2B/1 Poligrafistov St.+7 (30130) 2-39-80, +7 (924) 754-05-0519 Hotel Dom u Baikala (House near Baikal)3 prospekt Neptunskiy +7 (30130) 2-39-50, +7 (914) 638-62-4620 Hotel Zolotaya rybka (Goldfish)14 Sibisrskaya St.+7 (30130) 2-22-31, +7 (908) 592-23-80

Where to eat?13 Café Ayana14 Sibirskaya St.+7 (30130) 2-48-3614 Café Karina5 prospekt Leningradskiy +7 (30130) 2-48-3615 Cafe Rus 28 prospekt Shestdesyat Let SSSR+7 (30130) 2-39-1416 Café Tikhonov and sons1 prospekt Lenina+7 (30130) 2-25-16

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Ulan-Ude is a capital of Buryatia and the most ancient city in Russia. The capital of Hunnu empire, the first large state of Central Asia, was built in those areas in the III century B. C.

Being on the brisk Tea and Silk Roads, the city has been developing as the center of trade and later as the center of industry and handicrafts. The modern city is enough compact and cozy; the streets are wide and airy. There are many ancient buildings and even quarters with the pattern of wooden architecture preserved by a miracle in the city center.

Ivolginskiy DatsanThe largest Siberian monastic complex is situated 30 km away from Ulan-Ude. It takes more than an hour to explore it! There are more than ten various temples (dugans that are guarded by lions), numerous stupas and prayerful mills.

In the Ivolginskiy Datsan there is a big Buddhist University where one can study subjects like theology, philosophy, and medicine. In a special library, you can see manuscripts in Tibetan.

Moreover, you can eat buuzy that are perfectly cooked at the monastic café, with a cup of green tea.

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How to get there?> Minibus. Departure: from the railway station. Travel time: approximately 8 hours. Schedule: from 8:00 till 23:00 (depending of the occupancy). Fare: about 900–1 000 rubles.

> Bus. Departure: from the bus station at 9:00.

> Train. Departure: from the “Irkutsk­Passazhirskiy” station. Four–seven trains per day. Fare: sitting carriage — 600 rubles, 3rd class carriage — 1 200–1 300 rub les, compartment (2nd class) — 2 000 rubles.

Ulan-Ude

What to see?1 Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater 2 Big Shopping Arcade 3 “Khambyn-Khure” Datsan4 Monument to Lenin at the main city square 5 Sculpture “Hospitable Buryatia”6 Ethnographic Museum of Ulan-Ude7 Buryatia Nature Museum8 Buryatia History Museum9 Odigitrievsky Cathedral

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If you are going to eat at one of the national

restaurants, you should know that classical Buryat dishes are very nourishing. If you

want to taste several culinary masterpieces you should order

one dish for a few people.

Where to stay?16 Hotel Baikal Plaza12 Erbanov St.8 (800) 222-01-50, +7 (3012) 21-08-3817 Hotel Odon43 Gagarin St.8 (800) 775-0-885, +7 (3012) 44-34-8018 Hotel Ayan Hotel164 Babushkin St. +7 (3012) 415-141, +7 (3012) 415-11519 Hotel HostelHouse54A Smolin St.+7 (3012) 222-110, +7 (3012) 620-88820 Mini-Hotel Zolotaya Yurta (Golden yurta)74 prospect Stroiteley +7 (3012) 78-77-79, +7 (902) 168-77-79

Where to eat?10 Restaurant Tengis12 Erbanov St.+7 (301) 221-89-8411 Restaurant Marco Polo51 Kommunisticheskaya St.+7 (834) 20170012 Restaurant Orda4A Pushkin St.+7 (301) 244-38-3813 Restaurant Mergen19B Borsoev St.+7 (301) 220-03-0014 Café Buuza 41A Kommunisticheskaya St.+7 (301) 221-23-2415 Restaurant Baataray Urgoo4 Pushkin St.+7 (3012) 332492, +7 (9025) 629262

When you enter the national park territory, you should register at the local forestry.

The National park with all its beauties, unique kinds of flora and fauna is wealth of nature, and that’s why we kindly ask you:

> Do not leave campfires burning or smoldering

> Do not leave any garbage (you should carry it with you)

> Do not make inscriptions on stones or trees

> Take care of the nature

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parks

Head office of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Zapovednoe Pribaikalye”

664050 Irkutsk, 291B Baikalskaya St.reception:8 (3952) 350-662tourist and recreation department: 8-902-5-446-445Fax: (3952) 350-662blgz-pnp@mail.ru; tourpark@list.ru

Addresses and telephones of Zapovednoe Pribaikalye forestries

> “Brown bears shore” forestry:Territorial department of Irkutsk area. The head of department — Tamara Petrovna Shumova.

> Forestry of Listvyanka:Listvyanka settlement, 2 Gorkogo St.tel. 8 (3952) 659-210Tamara Petrovna Shumova

> Forestry of Pribaikalye:Bolshoye Goloustnoye Settlement, 40 Sverdlov St.tel. 8-914-8-766-672

> Forestry of Bolsherechensk:Bolshaya rechka Settlement, 1 Truda St.tel. 8-904-1-369-067

> Forestry of Elantsy:Elantsy Settlement, 16 Prunkin St.

> Polovinskoye forestry:Bolshoy Lug, 11 Zeleznodorozhnaya St.tel. 8-902-7-667-331

> Baikalskoe forestry:Port Baikal Settlement, 1 Naberezhnaya St.tel. 8-908-6-479-854

> Marituyskoe forestry:Kultuk Settlement, 3 Vtoraya Naberezhnaya St.tel. 8-902-1-781-927

> Ostrovnoye forestry in Olkhon area:Olkhon island, Khuzhir Settelement, 50 Baikalskaya St.tel. 8-914-8-858-701

> Coast forestry:Buguldeyka Settlement, 14 Gagarin St.tel. 8-914-8-868-232

> Ongurenskoe forestry:Zama Settlement, cordon of Pribaikalsky National Parktel. 8-902-7-681-594

> Verkhne­Lenskoe forestry:Irkutsk region, Kachugskiy area, Chanchur villagetel. 8-952-6-195-525

> Kirengskoe forestry:Irkutsk region, Kachugsky area, Chanchur villagetel. 8-904-1-523-4-749

The Baikal climate, with general features of its continental type, is marked by considerable variety. Baikal water mass has a profound effect on the climate.

The average annual tempe-rature on Baikal is close to zero degrees, an average January temperature may sink to -18°C, and average temperature in July may be up to +15°C. The absolute maximum temperature makes up +28–29°C, while its absolute minimum is -32 to -33°C. The influence of Baikal’s cold water mass in summer affects the rising air cur-rents’ reduction and the cloudiness diminution. As a result, the fair partly cloudy weather dominates on the Baikal coast.

The maximum rainfalls are within the period from April to October. Snow cover usually becomes steady in mid-November and is destroyed at the end of April; Baikal’s freeze-up stays from the first decade of January until the first decade of May.

300 sunny days per year are registered at Baikal. That can be compared with the Black Sea holiday resorts. Anyway, the weather at Baikal is changeable that’s why you should take warm clothes, comfortable footwear, hats, and sun cream with you in your journey.

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Beware of the ticks!Ticks can be found in forests near Irkutsk and Lake Baikal, for example, in Melnichnaya Pad, the left bank of the Angara river, the Baikal highway from 17th to 26th km, Goloustenskiy highway in the Pivovarikha area, or Kultukskiy highway. Taiga ticks are rarely found on the Baikal shores but it can live at the Circum-Baikal Railway’s area and on the Svyatoy Nos Peninsula. As to Olkhon, encephalitic ticks haven’t been registered yet. Ticks are most active from mid-May until mid-June.

Precautious:It is necessary to check over yourself every 10-15 minutes. You should give particular attention to your hair, area behind the ears, armpits, groin and neck. Your clothes should be made of heavyweight materials and have a hood. Elastics should be sewed on

sleeves and lower parts of trousers. Socks should be pulled over trousers to prevent a tick from crawling to your body.

The TBE-vaccination is the most effective means of disease prevention. It should be done no less than 44 days before the journey. The TBE-vaccination doesn’t guarantee full protection against encephalitis, but may considerably reduce disease symptoms. If you neglected the TBE-vaccination and then you got stung, you should make an injection of immunoglobulin against ticks. And it is important to do it during three days after the sting.

Aerosols like “Deta” and pencils against ticks are considered to be another means used against ticks.

If a tick is still sticked, you should grease it with oil, fat, or kerosene. You can ever cover a tick with a bottle of water for 10-15 minutes. It leads to the stick’s “sealing” and suffocation. Then you should carefully remove a tick by swinging it.

How to remove a tick?You can remove a tick with a thread. Make a loop and slowly swing a tick stretching threads until its body comes out. After removing the tick, the wound should be cleansed with iodine or spirit.

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Migration serviceForeigners who travel across Russia must have their visas registered. It is neces-sary to have at least one visa registration within Russia.

You will need visa registration:

> If you stay in one city for more than 7 workdays;

> If you are going to travel from Irkutsk to Mongolia or China.

All large Irkutsk hotels are obliged to register visas for foreign tourists for free.

In hostels, this procedure is paid (from 400 to 1 000 rubles with an addi-tional payment for a bed even if you don’t stay there).

You can get the blanks for filling in a visa application form to the post­office if you are staying by private persons.

If you have any questions related to visa registration, feel free to ask the UFMS, Federal Migration Service Administration of Russia and Irkutsk Oblast, for more detailed information:

> 1 Kievskaya St., office 30 (2nd floor)tel. 8 (3952) 24­09­53 (reception)info@ufms.irkutsk.ruwww.ufms.irkutsk.ru

> Department of visa registration, invitation and registration of foreigners:36A Gorkogo St.tel. 8 (3952) 24-20-94migr@ufms.irkutsk.ru

> Department of addresses and information service:22 Urickogo St.tel. 8 (3952) 20-95-88, 21-64-47fax 8 (3952) 34-41-51

1. Irkutsk post office > 3 Chelnokov St., 3rd floorhot line: 8 (3952) 24­27­08tel. 8 (3952) 38­12­00> 23 Stepan Razin St.hotline@irkpost.ruwww.irkps.ruOpen only on workdays from 8:00 till 17:00

2. Post office №328 Karl Marx St.tel. (3952) 34­16­08, 34­30­76Open on workdays from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 9:00 till 16:00

3. Post office №1140 Sverdlov St., 1st floortel. 8 (3952) 34­16­08Open on workdays from 8:00 till 20:00, on Saturday from 9:00 till 18:00

4. Post office №792А Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.tel. 8 (3952) 20­92­02, 20­92­23Open on workdays from 8:00 till 20:00, on Saturday from 9:00 till 18:00, on Sunday from 9:00 till 14:00

5. Post office №2523 Stepan Razin St.tel. 8 (3952) 24­01­17, 33­12­35,33-51-46Open on workdays from 8:00 till 22:00, on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 till 18:00

Post office

Post offices are open on workdays from 8:00 till 20:00, on Saturday from 9:00 till 14:00 or 16:00. Lunch hour: from 13:00 till 14:00.

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1. Lider, computer club 7 Krasnoarmeyskaya St., ground floortel. 8 (3952) 20­15­14Open 24/7.

2. Perekrestok, computer club13 Lenin St., ground floortel. 8 (3952) 580­005Open 24/7.

3. XXI vek, computer club1 Sverdlov St. (sidewall entrance)Open 24/7.

4. Epitsentr, internet­café 26 Karl Marx St. (sidewall entrance)tel. 8 (3952) 677­049Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on the weekends from 11:00 till 19:00.

5. PvP, computer club55 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St. (sidewall entrance)tel. 8­964­213­90­50Open 24/7.

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BEELINE сetwork of express­service centers (Beeline)> 24 hours general call­centertel. 8 (3952) 57­00­00 > general call-centertel. 8 (3952) 25­80­21www.irkutsk.beeline.ruquestions@khb.beeline.ru

1. 17 Litvinov St., pavilion A131 Shopping center “Torgovyi Kompleks”Open from 9:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

2. 2 Urickogo St.Open on workdays from 9:00 till 20:00, on the weekends from 10:00 till 19:00

3. 23 Chekhov St.Open from 10:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

4. 22 Lenin St.tel. 8 (3952) 57­04­52

MTS telecommunication operator> 24 hours call­centertel. 8­800­250­08­90corporate@irkutsk.mts.ru> Residential internet and digital televisiontel. 8­800­250­00­50www.irkutsk.mts.ruinfo@irkutsk.mts.ru

5. 36/2 Dzerzhinskogo St.Open from 9:00 till 20:00 seven days a week.

6. 31 Karl Marx St., 1st floorOpen from 9:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

7. 17 Litvinov St., 1st floorOpen from 9:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

8. 24 Lenin St., 1st floorOpen from 9:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

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10. 9 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St.Opened from 9:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

Tele2 mobile company, OOO “Tele2 Mobile”> 24 hours call­centertel. 8 (3952) 613­613www.irkutsk.tele2.ru

11. 25 Lenin St.Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, at the weekend from 10:00 till 18:00

12. 36 Sverdlov St. Shopping Center “Sezon”Open on workdays from 8:00 to 20:00, at the weekend from 9:00 till 19:00

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1. 19 Urickogo St.Open from 9:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

2. 27A Dzerzhiskogo St., 1st floorOpen on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 17:00

3. 29 Karl Marx St., 1st floorOpen on workdays from 9:00 till 18:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 17:00

4. 30 Lenin St.Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 16:00

5. 10 Nizhnyaya Naberezhnaya St.Open only on workdays from 10:00 till 19:00

6. 27 Stepan Razin St.Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on Friday from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 17:00

7. 6 Sukhe­Bator St.Open on workdays from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 15:00

8. 2 Furye St.Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 17:00

9. 105A Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on Friday from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 16:00

Bank

You can apply to the Sberbank department for currency exchange, withdrawals from your bank card, and other operations.

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As to the Listvyanka Settlement, there is an ATM by the Hotel Mayak (at the terminal bus stop), by the Baikal Hotel (ATM VTB24), as well as near restaurant “Sval”.

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> SLATA (Right bank) supermarket network

1. 21 Karl Marx St. tel. 8 (3952) 76­26­02, 76­26­03Open 24/7.

2. 36 Partizanskaya St., 1st floorShopping Center “Karamel”tel. 8 (3952) 76­20­71Open from 8:00 till 24:00 seven days a week.

3. 25 Tretiego Iyulya St., 1st floortel. 8 (3952) 722­350Open from 9:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

> TSEZAR (right bank) supermarkets network

4. 21 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.tel. 8 (3952) 79­93­38Open from 9:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

5. 85 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.tel. 8 (3952) 29­46­37Open from 9:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

> BAGIRAsupermarkets network

6. 7 Oktyabrskoy Revolitsii St.fax 8 (3952) 71­01­89tel. 8 (3952) 71­02­81Open 24/7.

> BAGIRAminimarket

7. 12z Karl Marx St.tel. 8 (3952) 65­88­90Open from 10:00 till 22:00 seven days a week.

8. 5 Pyatoy Armiitel. 8 (3952) 60­82­55Open from 8:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

> SPARsupermarkets networkgeneral call-centertel. 8 (3952) 28­83­30

9. 6 Stepan Razin St.Open from 9:00 till 24:00

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> APELSIN minimarket

10. 7 Sukhe­Bator St., 1st floorOpen from 8:00 till 23:00

> ARARAT-MARKETsupermarket

11. 26A Karl Marx St.Open from 8:00 till 23:00

> TSENTRALNIY RYNOK (Central Market)

12. 22 Chekhov St. tel. 8 (3952) 24-02-05Open from 8:00 till 20:00

> TORGOVYI KOMPLEKSshopping center

13. 17 Litvinov St.tel. 8 (3952) 240­600, 24­00­72Open from 10:00 till 20:00

> MODNIY KVARTALshopping and entertaining complex

14. 25 Tretyego Iyulya St. 130 Kvartaltel. 8 (3952) 48­53­25Open from 10:00 till 22:00

> KOMSOMOLshopping and entertaining complex

15. 10 Verkhnyaya Naberezhnaya St.Open from 10:00 till 22:00

> SEZONshopping and office center

16. 36 Sverdlov St.tel. 8 (3952) 34­00­44, 211­949Open from 9:00 till 19:00

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1. 48 Lenin St., stadion Trudtel. 8 (3952) 20­20­78Open from 10:00 till 19:00

2. 36 Sverdlov St.Shopping center “Sezon”, ground floortel. 8 (3952) 20­30­54Open from 10:00 till 20:00

> BAYARD hunting and fishing outfits shop

3. 19 Chekhov St.Shopping Center “Rublev”, 110th pavilionfax 8 (3952) 21­13­06 Open from 10:00 till 18:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 16:00

> KLEVIY BEREGtourist and fishing goods

4. 1 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St. k1, 3rd paviliontel. 8 (3952) 97­88­87Open from 9:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

> EXPEDITSIYA shop network

5. 1 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St. Shopping Center “Fortuna Grand”, k4, 110th pavilion, tel. 8-908-640-91-00Open from 10:00 till 20:00 seven days a week.

6. 36 Partizanskaya St.Shopping Center “Karamel”tel. 8 (3952) 78­23­00Open from 10:00 till 22:00 seven days a week.

> SPORTMASTER sport shopfree general call-centertel. 8­800­777­77­71

7. 36 Partizanskaya St.Shopping Center “Karamel”, 3rd floortel. 8 (3952) 78­23­22Open from 10:00 till 22:00 seven days a week.

> LESNIK outfit shop

8. 26 Timiryazev St., 1st floortel. 8­914­883­80­75Open from 9:00 till 19:00, on Sunday from 10:00 till 17:00

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> OKHOTNIK (HUNTER) RABOCHAYA 25

9. 25 Rabochaya St. tel. 8 (3952) 71­01­62, 48­37­77Open from 10:00 till 18:00 seven days a week.

> PARITET hunting and outfit shop

10. 15 Sukhe­Bator St.tel. 8 (3952) 333­133fax (3952) 25­80­08Open from 10:00 till 18:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 16:00

> SPORT-SERVICEsport shop network

11. 1 Litvinov St.2rd, 11th pavilionsOpen from 10:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

> FANSPORT sport shop network

12. 1 Litvinov St.office 7, tel. 8 (3952) 34­17­82Open from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 11:00 till 18:00, on Sunday from 11:00 till 17:00

> YUNKER

13. 85B Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.tel. 8-964-357-60-57Open from 10:00 till 19:00

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1. Avto-Rentur car hire7 Timiryazev St.tel. 8 (3952) 77­77­14www.777714.ruOpen from 9:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

2. Rentacar car hire service6 Tereshkovoy St. tel. 8 (3952) 68­68­28www.rentacar38.ruOpen from 9:00 till 18:00 seven days a week.

3. Ne peshkom car hire servicegeneral call­center:tel. 8 (3952) 62­07­702/4 Shiryamov St., office 17www.nepeshcom.ruOpen from 10:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

4. Pavilion inside the domestic Air terminal building 13B Shiryamov St. tel. 8 (3952) 99­39­95

Open from 6:00 till 14:00 seven days a week.

5. АutoTour38 car hire service 2 Shiryamov St., office 106, 202tel. 8 (3952) 73­11­53, 42­20­20Open from 10:00 till 18:00 on Sunday — close

6. HERTZ car hire company80 Starokuzmikhinskaya St.tel. 8 (3952) 40­67­89Open from 9:00 till 18:00 seven days a week.

7. Bus-Tourtransport company (car and buses hire)1 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St.tel. 8 (3952) 755­888Open from 8:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

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1. 21 Lenin St. all-night drugstore, open 24/7

> PHARMACY 36 AND 6

2. 37 Timiryazev St. from 8:00 till 21:00

3. 13 Krasksnoarmeyskaya St. from 8:00 till 21:00

4. 2 Litvinov St.from 8:00 till 20:00

> PHARMACY LADUSHKA

5. 3 Partizanskaya St.from 8:00 till 21:00

> PHARMACY AVITSENNA

6. 20 Dzerzhinskogo St.from 8:00 till 22:00

> PHARMACY №103

7. 2 Kievskaya St.from 8:00 till 21:00

> PHARMACY ESCULAP

8. 22 Lenin St.from 8:00 till 24:00

> PHARMACY FARMEKONOM

9. 24 Lenin St. from 7:30 till 21:00

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Pharmacies in the city center:The most pharmacies are open till 20:00; some of them stay open for a longer time.

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If you hurt yourself or feel bad, call an ambulance (tel. 03) or go to the clinic municipal hospital №3 or to the fracture clinic №1 located on Timiryazeva 31. Open 24/7. Tel. 8 (39520) 29-06-14.

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For the sake of your well-being you should carry a first­aid kit for tourists during your journey. You can buy necessary medicines in the city center.

> Antipyretics: Nurofen, Aspirin Bayer> If you have spasms: Buscopan, Spasmalgon> Anodynes: Deksalgin, Alka­Zeltzer, Voltaren gel, Dolobene gel> If you have respiratory sys-tem diseases: Imudon, Strepsils, Lasolvan> If you have disordered stom-ach: Imodium, Enterofuril, White coal, Rioflora, Normabact> If you have heaviness or swell-ing in the stomach: Kreon, Pangrol, Espumisan> If you have heartburn: Gaviskon, Rennie, Ultop

> If you have allergy: Aerius, Claritine, Fenistil> Cardio­vascular diseases: Valocordin, Corvalol> Sedatives: Novo­Passit, Berocca, Melaxen> Body anticeptics: Dettol > Wound healing (wounds, grazes, cuts) substances: Bepanthen, Baneocin> For tired and swelling legs: Antistax, Lioton, Troxevasin, Detralex> If you have “sea­sickness” or sickness in transport: Travel Dream, Dramina, Airsea, Kokkuline> Sunblocks: La Roche Posay, Vishy, Ambre Solaire > If you have a sunburn: Panthe-nol spray, Bepanthen cooling foam spray> Substances against mosquitos and ticks: OFF, Gardex, Mosquitol> Dressings: courtplaster, bandage

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> Ambulance: 03> Police: 02> Rescue service, fire department: 01, mobile 112

Necessary contacts

> Airport call­center: tel. 8(3952) 26-62-22, 8(3952) 26-62-77> Call-center of “Irkutsk-Passazhirskyi” Railway station: tel. 8(3952) 39-47-47, 8(3952) 63-22-87> Bus station call­center: tel. 8(3952) 20-94-11, 8(3952) 20-91-15, 8(3952) 500-366> Pier Raketa: tel. 8(3952) 35-88-60

> Tourist information office: tel. 8(3952) 20-50-18 > Audioguide “Green Line”: tel.8 (3952) 658-000> Pervaya call­center (First call­center): tel. 8(3952)22-32-23

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> Omul (smoked — hot or cold smoked, salted, dried) is a very rare endemic fish species that lives in Baikal. You can buy omul in the central market in Irkutsk, at the fish market in Listvyanka Settlement or in other places near Baikal.

> Saguday is a fish dish. The slices of fresh salted fish (omul, white­fish, and grayling) are mixed with onion, pepper and oil.

> Raskolotka — slices of frozen fresh fish with salt and pepper.

> Siberian pelmeni (can be served in pots, with liver).

> Meat “po tayozhnomu” (with taiga spices and berries).

> Posy (buuzy) — a popular Buryat dish like manty (oriental dumplings) or khinkali that is made of pastry and meat. You can eat posy at any café or poznaya in Irkutsk, Ulan­Ude, or in the Baikal area.

> Buryat tea with milk and salt.

> Tea made of Baikal herbs (thyme, Sagan­ Dailya, willow­herb, kuril tea, chaga tea, and etc.).

> Berry fruit drinks (cowberries, currants, bilber-ries, sea­buckthorns, cranberries, etc.).

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RESTAURANTS

1. Rassolnik Restaurant of Russian cuisine3 Tretyego Iyulya St.Average bill — 900 rubles.

2. Shtoff Restraurant of Russian cuisine8 Sedov St. Average bill — 2 000 rubles

3. Arbatskiy dvorik (Arbat courtyard) restaurant16 Urickogo St., 2nd floorAverage bill — 1 500 rubles.

4. Razguloff restaurant complex34 Karl Marx St., 1st floorAverage bill — 500 rubles.

5. TrapeznikovRestaurant of Russian author’s cuisine67 Pyatoy Armii St. Average bill — 1 500 rubles.

6. Dom rybaka (Fisherman’s House)47 Partizanskaya St. Average bill — 1 500 rubles.

CAFES, POZNYE

7. Snezhinka (Snowflake) Café2 Litvinov St. (entrance from Karl Marx St.)Average bill — 1 000 rubles.

8. Sytniy Ryad (Nourishing line)29 Timiryazev St.Average bill — 200 rubles.

9. Blinnaya Café 8 Sukhe­Bator St., 1st floorAverage bill — 100 rubles.

10. Popcafe Café 15 Lenin St. Average bill — 300 rubles.

Izbushka Bistro11. 9A Krasnogo Vosstaniya St.Average bill — 200 rubles.12. 17 Rossiyskaya St.Average bill — 200 rubles.

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Govinda vegetarian Café18. 4 Furye St., 2nd floorAverage bill — 250 rubles.

19. 66B Vtoraya Zheleznodo­rozhnaya St.Average bill — 250 rubles.

Double Coffee Coffee House20. 19 Sverdlov St. ground floorAverage bill — 300 rubles.21. 36 Lenin St. Average bill — 300 rubles.

22. Lenin Str Coffee Coffee House9 Lenin St.Average bill — 250 rubles.

Studio coffee Coffee House23. 1 Zhelyabov St.Average bill — 700 rubles..

24. 12 Stepan Razin Average bill — 700 rubles.25. 25 Tretyego Iyulya St.1st floorAverage bill — 500 rubles.

26. Traveler’s Coffee on Kievskaya St. Coffee House7 Kievskaya St., 1st floorAverage bill — 400 rubles.

Buryat CuisineAmtala café-poznaya13. 42 Timiryazev St.Average bill — 200 rubles.14. 5 Stepan Razin St. Average bill — 200 rubles.

15. Belaya Yurta poznaya22 Karl Marx St.(entrance from Krasnoarmeyskaya Str.)Average bill — 350 rubles.

16. Buuznaya Café 48 Lenin St., 1st floorAverage bill — 250 rubles.

17. Urme café-poznaya30 Karl Marx St. (entrance from Chekhov Str.)Average bill — 120 rubles.

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EVERYDAY PHRASES

Hello Здравствуйте Zdravstvuyte

Good bye До свидания Do svidaniya

How are you? Как дела? Kak dela?

Yes Да Da

No Нет N’et

Thank you / Thanks Спасибо Spasibo

Thank you very much Большое спасибо Bolshoye spasibo

You're welcome Пожалуйста Pozhaluysta

Please Пожалуйста Pozhaluysta

Good / All right / OK Хорошо Khorosho

Bad / Awfully Плохо Plokho

How much ? Сколько стоит? Skol’ko stoit?

I'm sorry Извините Izvinite

I don't understand Я не понимаю Ya ne ponimayu

Repeat, please Повторите, пожалуйста Povtorite, pozhaluysta

Do you speak English? Вы говорите по­английски?

Vi govorite po angliyski?

What time is it? Сколько времени? Skol’ko vremeni?

I'm lost Я заблудился Ya zabludilsya

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USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

Where is the tourist information office?

Где находится инфор-мационно­туристская служба?

Gde nakhoditsya infor-matsionno-turistskaya sluzhba?

I'm a tourist. Я турист. Ya turist.

I am on vacation. Я в отпуске. Ya v otpuske.

I am on a business trip. Я в командировке. Ya v komandirovke.

Here's my passport. Мой паспорт. Moy passport.

I need a visa registration. Мне нужна регистрация визы.

Mne nuzhna reggistrat-siya visy.

Where can I get my baggage?

Где можно получить багаж?

Gde mozhno poluchit’ baggazh?

Where is a luggage room?

Где комната хранения багажа?

Gde komnata khraneniya baggazha?

Where is a bank / ATM-machine?

Money exchange.

I want to exchange money to Rubles.

Где находится банк / банкомат?

Обмен валюты.

Я хочу поменять деньги на рубли.

Gde nakhoditsya bank/bankomat?

Obmen valyuty.

Ya khochu pomenyat’ denggi na rubli.

GREETINGS

Good morning! Доброе утро! Dobroye utro!

Good afternoon! Добрый день! Dobriy den’!

Good evening! Добрый вечер! Dobriy vecher!

Good night! Спокойной ночи! Spokoynoy nochi!

Hello! / Hi! Привет! / Здравствуйте! Privet! / Zdravstvuyte!

How are you? Как дела? Kak dela?

Nice to meet you. Приятно познакомиться. Priyatno poznakomit’sya

What is your name? Как вас зовут? Kak vas zovut?

My name is … Меня зовут … Menya zovut …

Goodbye! / Bye! До свидания! Do svidaniya!

See you later / soon. До встречи. Do vstrechi

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Where is a post office?

I need stamps.

Postcards.

Где находится почта?

Мне нужны почтовые марки.

Почтовые открытки.

Gde nakhoditsya pochta?

Mne nuzhny pochtoviye marki.

Pochtoviye otkritki.

I need a sim-card (Beeline / MTS).

I need to make a call to another country.

I need Internet.

Where is an Internet- café?

Do you have WI-FI?

Мне нужна сим­карта (Билайн, МТC).

Мне нужно позвонить в другую страну.

Мне нужен интернет.

Где находится интернет­ кафе?

У вас есть WI­FI?

Mne nuzhna sim-carta (Beeline, MTC).

Mne nuzhno pozvonit’ v druguyu stranu.

Mne nuzhen Internet.

Gde nakhoditsya Internet kafe ?

U vas yest’ WI-FI?

Where is the bathroom / toilet?

Где туалет? Gde tualet?

TRANSPORT

How can I get to …? Как добраться до …? Kak dobrat’sya do …?

How much for a ticket to Listvyanka / Olkhon Island (Khuzhir)?

Сколько стоит билет до Листвянки / до ост­рова Ольхон (Хужир)?

Skol’ko stoit bilet do Listvyanka / Olkhon (Khuzhir)?

I would like a ticket (two tickets) to Listvy-anka / Olkhon Island (Khuzhir) / Arshan / Ulan-Ude / Ulan-Bator.

Мне нужен один билет (два билета) до Ли-ствянки / Ольхона (Хужира) / Аршана / Улан­Удэ / Улан­Батора.

Mne nuzhen odin bilet (dva bileta) do Listvyan-ka / Olkhon (Khuzhir) / Arshan / Ulan-Ude / Ulan-Bator.

Which platform does the train depart from?

Какая платформа для поезда №..?

Kakaya platforma dlya poezda №…?

I missed the train. Я опоздал на поезд. Ya opozdal na poezd.

What is the departure time?

Какое время отправле-ния у поезда?

Kakoye vremya otprav-leniya?

Express train (long distance train)

Скорый поезд (поезд дальнего следования)

Skoriy poezd (poezd dalnego sledovaniya)

Local train Пригородный поезд (электричка)

Prigorodniy poezd (Electrichka)

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Is there a dining car? Здесь есть вагон­ре-сторан?

Zdes’ yest vagon restoran?

Is this seat taken? Это место занято? Eto mesto zanyato?

It is very hot (cold) here. Здесь очень жарко (холодно).

Zdes’ ochen zharko (kholodno).

May I open the window? Можно открыть окно? Mozhno otkrit’ okno?

Where are we passing now?

Где мы сейчас проезжаем?

Gde mi seychas proeszhaem?

How long does the train stop here?

Сколько времени поезд здесь стоит?

Skol’ko vremeni poezd zdes’ stoit?

Where is the next stop? Где следующая остановка?

Gde sleduyushaya ostanovka?

Which stop should I get off at?

На какой остановке мне выходить?

Na kakoy ostanovke mne vihodit’?

How many stops from here?

Сколько остановок отсюда?

Skol’ko ostanovok otsuda?

I would like a round-trip ticket, please.

Билет туда и обратно, пожалуйста.

Bilet tuda I obratno, pozhaluysta.

Does this bus go to that place?

Этот автобус идет туда? Etot avtobus idyot tuda?

What time does the next bus leave?

Когда идет следующий автобус?

Kogda idyot sleduyushiy avtobus?

Is this bus schedule current?

Это расписание действует?

Eto raspisaniye deystvuet?

How long will it take to go to the city center / airport / train station?

Как долго ехать до центра / аэропорта / жд вокзала?

Kak dolgo yekhat’ do tsentra / aeroporta / vokzala?

I want to cancel this ticket.

Я хочу сдать билет. Ya khochu sdat’ bilet.

I want to change my ticket.

Я хочу поменять билет. Ya khochu pomenyat bilet.

Would you call a taxi for me, please?

Вызовите для меня такси, пожалуйста.

Vyzovite dlya menya taxi, pozhaluysta.

Where can we get a taxi? Где мы можем взять такси?

Gde mi mozhem vzyat’ taxi?

Take me to this address, please.

Отвезите меня по этому адресу, пожалуйста.

Otvezite menya po eto-mu adressu, pozhaluysta.

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I want to rent a car. Я хочу взять машину напрокат.

Ya khochu vzyat’ mashi-nu naprokat.

This is my international driving permit (license).

Вот мои международные водительские права.

Vot moi mezhdunarod niye voditelskiye prava.

I’d like to rent this car for two days.

Я хотел бы взять эту машину напрокат на два дня.

Ya khotel bi vzyat’ etu mashinu naprokat na dva dnya.

What does it cost per week (day)?

Сколько стоит в неделю (в день)?

Skol’ko stoit v nedelyu (v den’)?

Do I need to pay a deposit?

Мне нужно оставлять залог?

Mne nuzhno ostavlyat zalog?

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I have made a reservation. Я делал заказ. Ya delal zakaz.

Do you have any free rooms?

У вас есть свободные места?

U vas yest’ svobodniye mesta?

I would like a room. Мне нужна комната. Mne nuzhna komnata.

I’d like a single room / double room.

Я хотел бы одноместный номер / двуместный номер.

Ya khotel bi odnomestniy nomer / dvumestniy nomer.

I’d like a room with a bath.

Я хотел бы номер с ванной.

Ya khotel bi nomer s vannoy.

I would like a room with two beds.

Я хотел бы номер с двумя кроватями.

Ya khotel bi nomer s dvumya krovatyami.

Is there anything cheaper?

Есть что­нибудь подешевле?

Yest’ chto-nibud podeshevle?

Would you please show me a better room?

Не могли бы вы показать мне комнату получше?

Ne mogli bi vi pokazat’ mne komnatu poluchshe?

Would you please show me a larger (smaller) room?

Не могли бы вы показать мне комнату побольше (поменьше)?

Ne mogli bi vi pokazat’ mne komnatu pobolshe (pomen’she)?

How much for a room? Сколько стоит номер? Skol’ko stoit nomer?

Is breakfast included? Завтрак включен? Zavtrak vklyuchen?

When is check-out time? Когда я должен освободить номер?

Kogda ya dolzhen osvobodit’ nomer?

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Do you need my passport?

Вам нужен мой паспорт?

Vam nuzhen moy passport?

Can you recommend another hotel?

Можете порекомендо-вать другую гостиницу?

Mozhete porekomendo-vat’ druguyu gostinitsu?

I’ll stay two nights. Я остаюсь на два дня. Ya ostayus’ na dva dnya.

RESTAURANT

Are there any good restaurants around here?

Здесь есть хороший ресторан?

Zdes’ yest’ khoroshiy restoran?

Some place not too expensive.

Что­нибудь не дорогое. Chto-nibud’ ne dorogoye.

Is there a café with Rus-sian cuisine near here?

Здесь поблизости есть кафе с русской кухней?

Zdes’ poblizosti yest’ kafe s russkoy kukhney?

I want to eat local food. Я хочу попробовать местные блюда.

Ya khochu poprobovat’ mestniye blyuda.

I would like a table for twо.

Мне нужен стол на двоих.

Mne nuzhen stol na dvoikh.

I'd like to place an order. Я хотел бы сделать заказ.

Ya khotel bi sdelat’ zakaz.

What do you recommend? Что бы вы посоветовали? Cho bi vi posovetovali?

Menu, please. Меню, пожалуйста. Menu, pozhaluysta.

Do you serve vegetarian food?

У вас есть вегетариан-ское меню?

U vas yest’ vegetarian-skoye menu?

I am vegetarian. Я вегетарианец. Ya vegetarianets.

I am vegan: I don’t eat meat, fish, chicken, eggs, milk, butter, sour cream, mayonnaise. Please serve something without these ingredients.

Я веганец: я не ем мясо, рыбу, курицу, яйца, молоко, сливоч-ное масло, сметану, майонез. Приготовьте что­нибудь без этих продуктов.

Ya veganets: ya ne yem myasso, ribu, kuritsu, yaytsa, moloko, slivoch-noye maslo, smetanu, mayonez. Prigotov’te chto-nibud bez etikh produktov.

Is there an English menu?

У вас есть меню на английском?

U vas yest’ menu na angliyskom?

I'll have this. Я возьму это. Ya voz’mu eto.

It was delicious. Oчень вкусно. Ochen’ vkusno.

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My order hasn't come yet.

Мой заказ еще не принесли.

Moy zakaz eshyo ne prinesli.

How do you eat this? Как это едят? Kak eto yedyat?

It is cold. Оно холодное. Ono kholodnoye.

This is not cooked enough.

Это не проварено (не прожарено).

Eto ne provareno (ne prozhareno).

It is tough. Очень жесткое. Ochen’ zhyostkoye.

This is not quite fresh. Это не совсем свежее. Eto ne sovsem svezheye.

Bill, please. Счет, пожалуйста. Stchot, pozhaluysta.

Check, please. Чек, пожалуйста. Chek, pozhaluysta.

I would like to pay now, please.

Я бы хотел рассчитаться сейчас.

Ya khotel bi rasschitat’sya seychas.

How much shall I pay? Сколько я вам должен? Skol’ko ya vam dolzhen?

How much is the total? Сколько всего? Skol’ko vsego?

I think there is a mistake in the bill.

Мне кажется, в счете ошибка.

Mne kazhetsya, v stchote oshibka.

I am paying for everything. Я плачу за всех. Ya plachu za vseh.

We are paying separately. Мы платим отдельно. Mi platim otdel’no.

Keep the change, please. Сдачи не надо. Sdachi ne nado.

Restaurant / Café / Pizzeria / Bar

Ресторан / кафе / пиццерия / бар

Restoran / Café / Pizzeria / Bar

Russian cuisine Русская кухня Russkaya kukhnya

Bread хлеб khleb

Sugar / Salt / Pepper Сахар / соль / перец Sakhar / sol’ / perets

Fruits / vegetables Фрукты / овощи Frukti / ovoshi

Meat / chicken / fish /

Omul (Baikal fish)

Seafood

Мясо / курица / рыба

Омуль (Байкальская рыба)

Морепродукты

Myasso / kuritsa / riba

Omul’ (Baikalskaya riba)

Moreprodukti

Eggs / Fried egg / Omelette / boiled egg

Яйца / яичница / омлет / вареное яйцо

Yaytsa / Yaichnitsa / Omlet / Varyonoye yaytso

I want to eat. Я хочу есть. Ya khochu yest’.

I want to drink. Я хочу пить. Ya khochu pit’.

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HEALTH

I feel sick. Мне плохо. Mne plokho.

I’m ill / sick. Я болею. Ya boleyu.

I have a headache. У меня болит голова. U menya bolit golova.

I’m allergic. У меня аллергия. U menya allergiya.

I have high blood pressure.

У меня высокое давление.

U menya visokoye davleniye.

I have a pain here. У меня болит здесь. U menya bolit zdes’.

I have a fever. У меня температура. U menya temperatura.

I have a cold. Я простыл (у меня насморк).

Ya prostyl (U menya nasmork).

I have a severe toothache.

У меня сильно болит зуб.

U menya sil’no bolit zub.

I feel like throwing up. Меня тошнит. Menya toshnit.

I’ve got a heart problem. У меня проблемы с сердцем.

U menya problemy s serdtsem.

I’ve got a sore throat. У меня болит горло. U menya bolit gorlo.

Where is a pharmacy / hospital ?

Где находится аптека / больница?

Gde nakhoditsya apteka / bolnitsa?

I’ m very seasick. У меня морская болезнь.

U menya morskaya bolezn’.

Can you get a doctor, please?

Вызовите врача, пожалуйста.

Vizovite vracha, pozhaluysta.

Would you please call an ambulance?

Вызовите скорую помощь.

Vizovite skoruyu pomosh’.

Please take me to the hospital.

Отвезите меня в больницу, пожалуйста.

Otvezite menya v bolnitsu, pozhaluysta.

Can you give me some-thing to stop the pain?

Можете дать мне что­ нибудь болеутоляющее?

Mozhete mne dat’ chto- nibud’ boleutolyayusheye?

Do I need an operation? Мне нужна операция? Mne nuzhna operatsiya?

Can I continue my trip? Мне можно продолжать путешествие?

Mne mozhno prodolzhat’ puteshestviye?

How often do I take this medicine?

Сколько раз в день мне принимать это лекарство?

Skol’ko raz v den’ mne prinimat’ eto lekarstvo?