Topic: Irkutsk Oblast

From Russia, with love

0 View Larger Image . Arnette and Joe Whitehouse, Oakland. . We went because: Russia has really opened up to tourism. Facilities across the country...
If you're as attached to your laptop, iPhone, Blackberry, or Twitter account as I am, chances are you've already seen the footage of the "alien"...

Russia clears Baikal environment group of charges

0 . Authorities have dismissed software-piracy charges against one of Russia's best-known environmental groups after Microsoft indicated that it...

Aviation

A TU-154 Russian jetliner with one of its three engines ablaze plowed through farm buildings and power lines before crashing in a field and bursting into flames moments after takeoff; all 120 persons aboard perished, and another fatality was reported on the ...

East Siberian Laika

The East Siberian Laika (Vostotchno-Sibirskaia Laika) is a Russian breed of dog of spitz type, a hunting dog originating in parts of Siberia east of the Yenisei River . There are two major types, the Evenki and the Irkutsk; other less important types ...
If you're looking for a good There aren't any five star hotels in Irkutsk but, if you're after luxury (maybe you plan to arrive via the The two best known hotels in Irkutsk are the imaginatively named Irkutsk, and ...

Ust-Ilimskaya Hydro Project Upgrade Planned by ...

Irkutsk, Russia Russian hydropower generator Irkutskenergo plans to invest about 1 billion rubles (US32.7 million) in the upgrade of the Ust-Ilimskaya hydropower plant in the Irkutsk Region by 2014, wire services reported. Irkutskenergo has started a long-term large-scale program to upgrade ...

Disaster Year In Review 1994

The loss of life and property from disaster in 1994 included the following: A TU-154 Russian jetliner with one of its three engines ablaze plowed through farm buildings and power lines before crashing in a field and bursting into flames moments after ...

Ust Ordyn Buryat

Ust-Ordyn Buryat, also called Ust-Orda Buryat, or Ust-Ordynsky Buryat, former autonomous okrug (district), east-central Russia. Ust-Ordyn Buryat lies west of Lake Baikal and extends across the Angara River. Coal is mined in the west, where the Trans-Siberian Railroad crosses the area. The ...

Russia, Mongolia & China, Rail/13 Nights, $1,699

The Real Deal One night in Moscow at the Hotel Izmailovo, the Maxima Irbis, the Maxima Slavia, or the Maxima Zarya; four nights in a second-class, four-person sleeping compartment (with a shared hallway bathroom) on RZD Russian Railways from Moscow to Irkutsk ...