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Irkutsk

Irkutsk is a city in eastern Siberia, Russia, on the Angara river near Lake Baikal. Founded as a Cossack fort in 1661, it became the administrative centre of eastern Siberia and a hub of trade with China and Mongolia, and many exiled Decembrists settled there. In February 1920 the White leader Alexander Kolchak was handed over to the Bolsheviks there and shot.

Irkutsk
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Uryankhay KraiRussian State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Irkutsk. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/irkutsk
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