Irkutsk easy travelling. Travel guide by Сергей Цы

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TOURS AROUND IRKUTSK > 10-TOP tourist places in Irkutsk > Green Line > Churches > Museums > Irkutsk city traffic scheme, taxi services > Tramway traffic plan > Trolleybus traffic plan TOURS AROUND LAKE BAIKAL

> Listvyanka > Bolshiye Koty > Olkhon Island > Bolshoye Goloustnoye > Peschanaya Bay > Circum-Baikal Railway > Sludyanka > Arshan > Baikalsk > Ust-Barguzin > Severobaikalsk > Ulan-Ude > National parks

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> Climate and weather > Beware of the ticks!

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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> Migration service > Post office > Internet café > Telephone services

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(Offices of the largest telephone operators) > Bank > Supermarkets > Shops with tourist equipment > Car hire > Pharmacies in Irkutsk city center > First-aid kit for tourists > Contacts

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SIBERIAN CUISINE

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> Recommended cafés

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PHRASEBOOK

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and restaurants

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You are holding a travel guide in your hands that has been created by the Municipal State-Financed Organization “Tourist Information Office of Irkutsk”. In this guide, we try to compile details that will make your stay in Irkutsk as comfor table 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 understanding. 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.

77B Dekabrskikh Sobytiy str., Irkutsk

irkvisit@hotmail.com Museum of urban life

www.irkvisit.info 9:00–20:00 (in summer) 9:00–18:00 (in winter)

Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.

Fridrikh Engels St.

+7 (3952) 20-50-18 House of Europe

TOP 10 PLACES

to visit in Irkutsk

Lower river embankment with monuments and churches

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 following 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

You can walk through the Upper river embankment, look at the monument to the Tsar (King) Alexander III, the White House. The Ethnographical Museum 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.

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

130th district (Irkutskaya Sloboda) 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.

Uritskogo street /main shopping street/

Uritskogo street is a pedestrian shopping street, one of the oldest streets of Irkutsk. There are stone buildings since the XIXth century, shops, banks and restaurants.

Karl Marx street /main street of Irkutsk/

“Wooden” streets

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., Volodarskiy st., Khalturin st., Bogdan Khmelnitskiy st., Gryaznov st., Lapin st., Timiryazev st., Marata st.

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, cinemas, monuments, also the White House, Ethnographical Museum and its departments of nature and history, department of the Museum of Arts, Military fame museum, Okhlopkov Drama theatre and so on.

Decembrists museums

Decembrists (or Dekabrists) were noble revolutionists, who made a revolution in St. Petersburg in December of 1825 and were in exile 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 heroes 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 Decembrists near the Transfiguration church.

Kazan Church

Kazan Church is an orthodox church of the Kazan icon of Virgin 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.

Znamensky monastery

Znamensky monastery is the Church of the Holy Sign Painter. It is one of the oldest monasteries 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.

Icebreaker Angara and the dam

The ship-museum Icebre足 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, jogging and riding a bicycle. From the dam you can enjoy the panoramic view at the city and sunset.

GREEN

Line

The Green Line walking route passes through the main sights of the historic city center. The Green Line covers 30 sights totally, including 5 chur ches 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 importance, 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

Green Line of Irkutsk. List of sights 1 Monument to Alexander III 2 Library of Irkutsk State University 3 Ethnographical Museum 4 Okhlopkov Drama Theatre 5 Monument to V. I. Lenin 6 Russian-Asian Bank 7 Baikal University of Economics and Law

8 Church for the Sake

of Archangel Michael

9 Irkutsk Art Museum 10 Bazanov Educational House 11 Monument to Russian-Japanese Friendship 12 City Duma Building 13 Kirov Square 14 House of Soviets

15 Roman-Catholic Cathedral 16 Church of Our Savior 17 Memorial Complex 18 Epiphany Cathedral 19 Moscow Triumphal Arch 20 City Exhibition Center 21 I. M. Feinberg Private House 22 A. F. Vtorovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mansion 23 Merchant Trapeznikovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mansion 24 1st Arsenalnaya Street 25 Grand Hotel 26 Nature department of the Ethnographical Museum

27 Khudozhestvenny Cinema 28 City Theatre Building 29 Youth Theatre 30 Holy Cross Church

Churches

Kazan Church

Church of Our Savior

Epiphany Cathedral

Roman-Catholic Cathedral

34/1 Barrikad str.

2 Sukhe-Bator str.

1A Sukhe-Bator str.

1 Sukhe-Bator str.

Church of Xenia of St. Petersburg

Znamenskaya Church

Irkutsk Cathedral Mosque

Holy Trinity Church

Monument to Admiral Kolchak 14 Angarskaya str.

Komsomol Tank Monument 57A Sovetskaya str.

86 Karla Libknekhta str.

8 Pyatoy Armii str.

Holy Cross Church

Sinagogue

130th District 1 Sedov str.

23 Karla Libknekhta str.

Museums

V. S. Rogal City Exhibition Center

Museum of Irkutsk History

10:00 — 18:00 (Wednesday — day off) Thursday — 10:00 — 20:00 16A Frank-Kameneckogo str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 71-01-61

10:00 — 18:00 (Monday — day off) 3 Khalturin str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 20-03-65 18

Irkutsk Regional Ethnographical Museum

Irkutsk Regional Ethnographical Museum (history department)

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

10:00 — 19:00 (Monday — day off) 2 Karl Marx str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 33-34-49

Irkutsk Regional Ethnographical Museum (nature department)

Siberian Museum of Communications, Irkutsk department

10:00 — 19:00 (Monday — day off) 13 Karl Marx str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 34-38-32

8:00 — 15:00 (Fri., Sat., Sun. — days off) 35B Sverdlov str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 24-23-01 19

V. P. Sukachev Irkutsk Regional Art Museum

Art Museum (Siberian Art Department)

Sukachev’s Manor

Volkonsky’s Manor

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

10:00 — 18:00 (Tuesday — day off) 5 Lenin str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 34-01-46, +7 (3952) 33-39-73

10:00 — 17:30 (Monday — day off) 112 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 53-12-24

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

Trubetskoy’s Manor

Museum of Urban Life

Museum of Hunting

Museum of Main Directorate of Internal Affairs, Dzerzhinsky Cultural Center

10:00 — 18:00 (Tuesday — day off) 77A Dekabrskikh Sobytiy str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 20-48-84, +7 (3952) 20-52-00

10:00 — 18:00 (Tuesday — day off), Thursday — 10:00 — 20:00 64 Dzerzhinskogo str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 29-26-63

10:00 — 16:00 (Sunday — day off) 59 Timiryazeva str., 2nd floor Tel.: +7 (3952) 96-15-22, +7 (3952) 60-71-08

9:00 — 18:00 (daily), 22 Uritckogo str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 21-32-71 21

Museum of Entertaining Science (by prior request)

Experimentarium, museum of entertaining science

Museum “Soldiers of the Fatherland”

Museum of Irkutsk City Passenger Carriage Depot

11:00 — 19:00 (open until 20:00 on Sat. and Sun.), 2 Sedov str., 2nd floor Tel.: +7 (3952) 678-432

277A Lermontov str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 67-84-32, +7(3952) 68-99-15

10:00 — 18:00 (Wednesday — day off) 8:00 — 17:00 (Saturday, Sunday — Thursday — 12:00 — 20:00 days off), 1 Chelnokov str. 5 Chaikovskogo str., Tel.: +7 (3952) 38-10-20 Tel.: +7 (3952) 63-26-21 22

Museum of Retro Motor cycles and the USSR items

Fire Fighting Museum

Icebreaker “Angara”, Museum

A. V. Sidorov State Mineralogical Museum

10:00 — 17:00 (Sat., Sun. — day off) 31B Timiryazev str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 20-86-22

10:00 — 19:00 (Monday — day off) 27 Podgornaya str., 1st floor Tel.: +7 914 908 30 00

11:00 — 20:00 (daily), 36A Zhukov avenue Tel.: +7 (3952) 35-85-51

09:00 — 17:00 (Sunday — day off) 83Е Lermontov str. Tel.: +7 (3952) 40-50-62 23

TRANSPORT

in Irkutsk

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.

Irkutsk public transport works from 6:00 until 22:00. At any other time, it’s better to order a taxi.

Irkutsk city traffic scheme FROM CITY CENTER TO RAILWAY STATION > Minibus /marshrutka/ 20 > Tramway 1, 2, 4а TO AIRPORT From 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 MUSEUM From 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 PIER From 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) 26

Taxi in Irkutsk Taxis can often be hired next to Irkutsk-Passazhirskyi 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.

TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF SOME IRKUTSK TAXI SERVICES Taxi Maxim — Tel. +7 (3952) 500-600

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

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

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

Taxi Ideal — Tel. +7 (3952) 90-60-90

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

Tramway traffic plan 4, 4а Mayakovskogo St.

4а

Decembrists Museum

1, 2, 4а

Chkalov St. 3

Railway Station

Stepan Razin St.

Chayka Cinema 1

Bus station

Gorkogo St.

Tsentralniy Rynok (Central market)

Lenin St.

Irkutsk State University of Railway Transport (IRGUPS) Lomonosov St. 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 4а, 5, 6 Gornaya S

1, 3, 5, 6 Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics

1, 2, 4а

Roshcha Zvezdochka

Griboedov St.

Studgorodok

№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

Zimnyaya St.

Fuchika St.

4, 4а

Stadion Dinamo Fabrica Uzory

Detskaya St.

Pisarev St.

4а

Lenskaya St.

Ushakovskaya St.

Bratskaya St. Kuybyshevskie doma St.

Krasnogvardeyskaya St. Decembrists Square Gornaya St.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6 Pervaya Sovetskaya St.

Zavodskaya St. Rynok Noviy (New Market)

Trilissera St. 2

Meteostantsiya Piskunova St. 1, 3, 5, 6

Trampark 1, 3, 5, 6

Shestaya 5 Sovetskaya St.

Deputatskaya St. Tridtsatoy Divizii St.

Karla Libknekhta St. Volzhskaya St. 1

5, 6

Stanislavskogo St.

Transportnaya St. Baikalskiy Microdistrict

Relay Factory Delovoy tsentr (Business center) Solnechniy Microdistrict 5

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

Tramway traffic route №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.

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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. 30

> 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.

№5 VOLZHSKAYA — SOLNECHNIY MICRODISTRICT

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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. 31

№6 SOLNECHNIY MICRODISTRICT —

TSENTRALNIY RYNOK > Solnechniy Microdistrict > 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

Nekrasova

Kirov Square

Trolleybus traffic plan

1 7к 10 10к

Kayskiy passage

Vampilova

School №55 Universitetskiy Microdistrict

Pervomayskiy Microdistrict

6 Zhukovskogo

Bulvar Yuzhnaya passage Ryabikova Novo-Melnikovo (Ryabikov Аvenue) Shopping center Botanic School №28 Sergeevskiy Garden Marshala Koneva Melnikovskiy Rynok

Infektsionnaya bolnitsa (Isolation hospital)

7к

Polytechnic University Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs Akademicheskaya State University School №19

№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 32

Akademgorodok

Eye Microsurgery Institution Trolleybus Depot

Khu

 Fortuna  Predmest’e Marata Raysovet (Dekabrskykh Sobytyi) Tsirk (Circus)

Khudozhestvenniy Museum School №23

Sukachev’s Mansion Lenina (Philarmoniya)

Etalon

Omulevskogo Pervaya Sovetskaya

Factory 403 of the Civil Aviation

Hippodrome

Gorodok IVATU

Puppet Theater

Trilissera

Musical Theater

6 Airport

Diagnostic Center

Volzhskaya

VostokSib ElectroMontazh Stroy (VSEM)

Tsimlyanskaya

Relay factory

Lisikha

Relay Factory

Baikalskiy Microdistrict

Dam of the Hydroelectric Power Station

Prospect Zhukova Children’s Cultural center “Druzhba”

Stomatologicheskaya Klinika Lodochnaya

Energetikov Settlement Yuzhnaya Dom Kino

Mukhinoy

Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station

Zakharova Café

Bolotnaya

Garazhi (Garages)

Podstantsiya Shestoy Settlement School №4 Oblastnaya Bolnitsa (Regional Hospital) 8 10к Yubileyniy Microdistrict

№3

Trolleybus traffic routes

№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 34

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

№5

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

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

№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

№6

ZHUKOVSKOGO ST. — АIRPORT > Zhukovskogo St. > Polytechnic University > Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs > 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 > 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 36

> 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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KIROV SQUARE — YUBILEYNIY MICRODISTRICT > Kirov Square > Khudozhestvenniy Museum > Stadion Trud

MARSHALA KONEVA — VOLZHSKAYA > Volzhskaya > Tsimlyanskaya

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

> Lisikha > Baikalskiy Microdistrict > Administration of the Hydroelectric Power Station > 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 > Infektsionnaya bolnitsa (Isolation hospital) > School №28 > Bulvar Ryabikova (Ryabikov avenue) > Kayskiy passage > Melnikovskiy Rynok > Shopping center Sergeevskiy > Novo-Melnikovo > Botanic Garden > School №55 > Universitetskiy Microdistrict > State University > School №19 > Akademgorodok > Eye Microsurgery Institution > Trolleybus Depot

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> 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

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Lake Baikal

TOURS AROUND

Listvyanka SETTLEMENT

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 settlement 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 Legend

The Shaman Stone From 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 custom 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.

Listvyanka

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. 44

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 Museum 2 Cherskiy Stone, cable-way 3 Nerpinary 4 Fish market 5 Observatory 6 Shaman Stone 7 Bard Song Theater 8 Baikal Gems Museum

Where to stay? 11 Hotel Mayak Listvyanka, 85A Gorkogo St. +7 (3952) 49-69-11 12 Hotel Legend of Baikal Listvyanka, 11 Istok Angary St. +7 (3952) 960-150; +7 (3952) 490-505 13 Anastasia Hotel Nikola Settlement, 8 Angarskaya St. +7 (3952) 490-191, 490-460, 490-310 14 Belka Hostel Listvyanka, 77A Chapaev St. +79526261251, +7 (3952)761 251

Where to eat? 9 Restaurant Sval (Свалъ) Listvyanka, 31 Gorkogo St. +7 (3952) 49-69-74 10 Listvyanka Club Grill & Restaurant Listvyanka, 2 Sudzilovskogo St. +7 (3952) 496-739 45

BOLSHIYE

Koty

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 deep-sea 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.

Interesting!

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.

Bolshiye Koty

How to get there? > Motor ship (only in summer). Departure: pier “Raketa” in the Solnechnyi Microdistrict. 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 minutes. 48

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When you are near the gold-bearing stream 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 recreation center.

What to see? Where to stay?

1 Museum of Baikal and an Aquarium of the Biology Institute 2 Sennaya Pad and the gold mine 3 The gold mine on the stream in Chernaya Pad 4 Skriper Rock 5 Two brothers Rock 6 Grebeshok Rock

8 Tourist center “Priyut starateley” Irkutsk, 2A Rabochaya St., off. 508 (to book) +7 (3952) 96-09-92, 8-904-12-54-561 9 Hotel “Mayak” Bolshiye Koty, 63B Baikalskaya St. 8-908-6-40-33-90 10 Recreation center “Chernyi Kot” Bolshiye Koty, 14A Zarechnaya St. 8-908-647-81-40 11 Recreation Center “Shale” Bolshiye Koty, 10 Podgornaya St. 8-9148-951-961

Where to eat? 7 Meals can be served at recreation centers in the settlement. 49

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Olkhon ISLAND

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 Mother-swan, 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.

Legend Burkhan Cape Burkhan 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 respect 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.

Olkhon Island

How to get there? > Bus from the bus station (only in summer). Travel time makes up approximately 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 (reference 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. Pick-up 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. 52

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There are no banks or ATMs on the Olkhon island. Please take cash with you.

Where to stay? What to see? 1 Shamanka Rock 2 The Museum of Local History in Khuzhir village 3 Excursion to the Khoboy cape 4 Excursion to the salty lake Shara-Nur 5 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 53

8 Hotel “Usadba Nikity Bencharova” Olkhon, village Khuzir, 8 Kirpichnaya St. +7 (914) 8957865 9 Baikal View Hotel Olkhon, village Khuzhir, 17 Rossiyskaya St. +7(3952)76-84-84;+7(3952)76-81-84 10 Mini-hotel Baikal Olkhon, village Khuzhir, 36 Voroshilova St. +7 (3952) 68-32-16, +7 (3952) 24-06-08 11 Recreation center “Solnechnaya” Olkhon, village Khuzhir, 14 Solnechnaya St. +7 (3952) 68-32-16, +7 (3952) 24-06-08 12 Recreation center “U Svetlany” Olkhon, village Khuzir, corner Pervomaiskaya and Baykalskaya St. +7902-170-38-62, +7950-102-03-41

BOLSHOYE

Goloustnoye

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 connected 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.

History Saint Nicolas Church The 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.

Bolshoye Goloustnoye

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.автовокзал-онлайн.рф. > Boat. Water transport can be rented in Listvyanka Settlement. > A walk along the challenging but interesting Baikal path. It is 30 km away from the Bolshiye Koty Settlement. 56

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What to see?

Where to stay?

1 St. Nicolas Church 2 Dry Lake 3 Ushkanya Pad 4 Okhotnichya Cave 5 Horse court (Sverdlova 18) 6 Goloustnenskaya banner bank

8 Hotel “Alye parusa” 129, Kirov St. +7(914) 950-9301, +7(914)899-9659 9 Hotel “Victoria” 1, Pimenova St. +7(902) 57-87-890 10 Hotel Russkoe Podvorie 2B, Kirov St. +7(3952) 688-955, 8-9021-788-555 11 Guest house Baikal Home 6, Sverdlov St. +7 (3952) 97-11-21, +7(914) 93-75-377 12 Guest house “U Mikhalycha” 124, Kirov St. +7 (914) 899 64 54

Where to eat? 7 At cafes by hotels

Peschanaya BAY

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.

What’s nearby Babushka Bay Babushka 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.

Peschanaya Bay

How to get there? > Motor ship (only in summer). Departure: Raketa pier in the Solnechniy Microdistrict. Travel time makes up 3 hours 40 minutes. Fare: 2 600 rubles. You can ask for more details at the pierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ticket office by tel. 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru. 60

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Camping in Peschanaya Bay and Babushka Bay is forbidden because those areas are part of the Pribaikalsky National Park.

What to see?

Where to eat? 7 At cafes by hotels

1 Stilted trees, “dancing” pines and larches 2 Bolshaya and Malaya Kolokolnya rocky capes 3 Panorama rock 4 Rock Baklaniy Kamen 5 Small Waterfall Cascade in the Shumilikha river’s gully 6 Burkhan-Ongon Statue

Where to stay? 8 Hotel “Bukhta Peschanaya” +7 (3952) 23-07-18 9 Hotel “Baikalskiye Duny” +7 (3952) 201-852 61

Port Baikal

THE CIRCUMBAIKAL RAILWAY

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

Some time ago, the Circum-Baikal 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 Circum-Baikal 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.

Interesting! The Circum-Baikal Railway Construction of the Circum-Baikal Railway required tremendous effort and uncommon 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 Circum-Baikal Railway

How to get there? > Tourist train. Departure: from Irkutsk-Passazhirskiy station several times a week. Fare: about 4 000 rubles. You can reserve a seat in the office of Krugobaikalskiy 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 rubles. You can find more details on the website of the Russian Railways (www.rzd.ru). > Ferry from Listvyanka 64

You should have at least one day stay in Port Baikal, it totally does pay off. That quite, cozy and â&#x20AC;&#x153;not happeningâ&#x20AC;? place is an alternative to the noisy Listvyanka Settlement. The two settlements share the Angara source and are connected by the ferry crossing.

Where to stay?

What to see?

6 Hotel Lesnaya Skazka the 110th km of the Circum-Baikal Railway, Polovinnaya station +7(3952) 200-745 7 Recreation Center Krugobaikalskaya Port Baikal, 33 Gornaya St. +7(902) 510-2371, +7(902) 510-2372 8 Hotel Paradiz Port Baikal, 11A Baikalskaya St. +7(902) 510-74-50 9 Hotel U starogo mayaka Port Baikal, 73th km of Circum-Baikal Railway, +7(3952) 780-424

1 Old lighthouse situated on the top of Baranchik Cape 2 Circum Baikal-Railway sites 3 Circum Baikal-Railway Museum at the Railway Station building 4 Transfiguration Church

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Sludyanka

Sludyanka is a small town in Irkutsk region in the west of Lake Baikal. The distance 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 Sludyanka. 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.

Legend Shamanskiy Cape Shamanskiy Cape (Aikha-Shulun, “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 custom 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 summer or on the ice in winter.

Sludyanka

How to get there? > Minibus (marshrutka). Departure: from the bus station as well as from the railway 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irkutsk-Passazhirskiyâ&#x20AC;? station at 9:21, 17:36. 18:46 (local time). Approximate fare: 100 rubles. 68

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Sludyanka Settlement is famous for its omul (Baikal fish) and is called the “omul capital of Russia”. You can easily find that fish, for example, at the central market near the local bus station.

What to see? 1 Mineral Museum 2 Sludyanka Railway station marble building 3 Church of St. Nicolas Wonderworker 4 Silver water springs 5 Cherskiy Peak, Lake Serdtse (Heart Lake) 6 Cultural Palace of Railway Employees

Where to stay? 12 Hotel Serebryaniy istochnik (Silver spring) 10 Pereulok Sludyanoy +7 (39544) 53-194, +7 (904) 121-0309 13 Hotel Bike-Khan Sukhoi Ruchei Settlement, 17 Profsoyuznaya St. +7 (964-2) 18-15-93 14 Recreation Center Sibir 9A Sorok Let Oktyabrya St. +7 (914) 9013853 15 Hotel Edelveis 44 Sludyanaya St. +7 (914) 9013853

Where to eat? 7 Café Bagulnik 97 Lenin St. 8 Café Baikalskiy Tranzit 40 Komsomolskaya St. 9 Cafe Sputnik 46A Sovetskaya St. 10 Cafe Kristall (Crystal) 75 Lenin St. 11 Rybniy Rynok (Fish market) 69

Arshan

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, respiratory, 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.

Legend 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 worn-out, 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.

Arshan

How to get there? > Bus. Departure: from the bus station, at 8:00 and 8:45. Travel time: approximately 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.автовокзал-онлайн.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.

Where to stay?

What to see?

12 Guest house Dangina 6 Pereulok Lomonosova 7 (964) 218-38-12 13 Sanatorium Sayany 8 Traktovaya St. +7 (30147) 9-74-81, 8 (30147) 9-77-82 14 Mansion Monetniy Dvor (Mint) 89 Traktovaya St. +7 (950) 077-33-32, +7 (30147) 973-29 15 Tourist Center Sosnovyi Bor (Pinery) 115 Veresova St. 8914899-88-89, 8914892-87-97 16 Hotel Zamok gornogo korolya (Mountainous King Castle) 18 Gagarin St. 8 (3952) 205-645, 8914-8760-294

1 Love Peak 2 Waterfalls at the Kyngarga River 3 Sacred grove of tears and Eye spring 4 Datsan 5 “Genghis Khan throne” stone 6 Ancient volcanoes 7 Mongolian market

Where to eat? 8 Café Altan-Serge, 2 Marata St. 9 Café Aryuna, 53 Veresova St. 10 Cafe Shangrila, 7 Traktovaya St. 11 Cafe Buryatia, 83 Traktovaya St. 73

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 Trans-Siberian 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.

Tradition Strawberry Festival Baikalsk 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!

Baikalsk

How to get there? > Bus. Departure: from the bus station, usually at 9:30. Travel time: approximately 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. 76

A unique bath-house made of 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?

Where to stay?

1 Skiing resort Sobolinaya Mountain 2 Ice bath 3 “The Ear of Baikal” Monument 4 Monument to the strawberry 5 Garnet beach with red sand

10 Hotel Grand Baikal Sobolinaya Mountain skiing resort +7 (3952) 259-263 11 Park-Hotel Beliy Sobol (White sable) Krasny Klyuch Microdistrict 93 +7 (950) 110-6000, +7 (39542) 33-100 12 Hotel Sobolinaya Krasny Klyuch Microdistrict 90 +7 (39542) 3-30-65, +7 (39542) 334-18 13 Hotel Baikal Gagarina Microdistrict 198 +7 (39542) 3-48-98 14 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 93 9 Bar Magnit (Magnet) 181 Gagarin St. 77

UstBarguzin

Ust-Barguzin (BuryatÂ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bargazhanay-Adag) 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, Ust-Barguzin 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.

Interesting!

Ushkany Islands Four rocky islands situated 8 km away from the Svyatoy Nos Peninsula (Holy Nose), are famous for the biggest seal-rookery (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!

Ust-Barguzin

How to get there? > Motorship (only in summer). Departure: from the pier Raketa. Travel time: approximately 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 pierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ticket-office by telephone 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru. > Bus or minibus (marshrutka). Departure: from the bus station in Ulan-Ude. Travel time: approximately 5 hours. Fare: about 400-500 rubles. 80

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.

What to see?

Where to stay?

1 Zabaikalskiy National Park 2 Barguzinskiy forest reserve 3 Svyatoy Nos Peninsula (Holy Hose) 4 Frolikhinskiy zakaznik 5 Hot springs in Zmeinaya Bay 6 Ecological and Ethnographic Park-Museum â&#x20AC;&#x153;Svetlaya Polyanaâ&#x20AC;? in the Maksimikha village

8 Hotel Barguzinskiy Priboy 1 Barguzinskaya St. +7( 3843) 32-09-60, 32-09-50 9 Hotel Lukomorye 37 Baikalskaya St., Maksimikha village +7 (983) 4360365 10 Guest House Prichal 1A Kogalnitskogo St. +7 (3012) 678-101 11 Hotel Sindbad 1 Sosnovaya St. +7 (924) 391-1456

Where to eat? 7 At cafes by hotels. 81

Severobaikalsk

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 sandsâ&#x20AC;Ś 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 post-soviet time, the seventies of the 20th century. Most dwelling houses are made according to standard project elaborated specially for Severobaikalsk city. Their unusual polygon form, lack of balconies and enclosed yards protected from the penetrating winds makes them different from the other buildings. Such buildings always impress the visitors of Severobaikalsk.

Interesting!

Severobaikalsk Railway Station Huge 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 Severobaikalsk residents. As if it reminds that the city originated and exists up to this day thanks to the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

Severobaikalsk

How to get there? > Train. Departure: from the “Irkutsk-Passazhirskiy” 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 ticket-office by telephone 8 (3952) 35-88-60 or on the website www.vsrp.ru. 84

Where to eat? Severobaikalsk is not quite Baikal. The “Sea” is completely opened in Baikalskoye village, 40 km away from the city.

13 Café Ayana 14 Sibirskaya St. +7 (30130) 2-48-36 14 Café Karina 5 prospekt Leningradskiy +7 (30130) 2-48-36 15 Cafe Rus 28 prospekt Shestdesyat Let SSSR +7 (30130) 2-39-14 16 Café Tikhonov and sons 1 prospekt Lenina +7 (30130) 2-25-16

What to visit?

Where to stay?

1 Barguzinskiy zapovednik 2 Mineral and thermal springs (Khakusy, Kotelnikovskiy Cape, Goudzhekit, Dzelinda) 3 Yarky Island 4 Sludyanska’s Lakes 5 Frolikha Lake 6 Ayaya Bay 7 Gramninskoe Lake 8 Cherskiy Mountain Range 9 Gitara Lake 10 Ludar Cape 11 Singing sands Turaly 12 Traditional Evenk Kholodnoe Settlement (Cold Settlement)

17 Hotel Baikal-service 19 Promyshlennaya St. +7 (908) 592-00-82, +7 (902) 168-04-56 18 Hotel Olimp 2B/1 Poligrafistov St. +7 (30130) 2-39-80, +7 (924) 754-05-05 19 Hotel Dom u Baikala (House near Baikal) 3 prospekt Neptunskiy +7 (30130) 2-39-50, +7 (914) 638-62-46 20 Hotel Zolotaya rybka (Goldfish) 14 Sibisrskaya St. +7 (30130) 2-22-31, +7 (908) 592-23-80 85

Ulan-Ude

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.

Nearby Ivolginskiy Datsan The 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 cafĂŠ, with a cup of green tea.

Ulan-Ude

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 “Irkutsk-Passazhirskiy” station. Four–seven trains per day. Fare: sitting carriage — 600 rubles, 3rd class carriage — 1 200–1 300 rubles, compartment (2nd class) — 2 000 rubles. 88

What to see? 1 Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater 2 Big Shopping Arcade 3 “Khambyn-Khure” Datsan 4 Monument to Lenin at the main city square 5 Sculpture “Hospitable Buryatia” 6 Ethnographic Museum of Ulan-Ude 7 Buryatia Nature Museum 8 Buryatia History Museum 9 Odigitrievsky Cathedral

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 eat? Where to stay?

10 Restaurant Tengis 12 Erbanov St. +7 (301) 221-89-84 11 Restaurant Marco Polo 51 Kommunisticheskaya St. +7 (834) 201700 12 Restaurant Orda 4A Pushkin St. +7 (301) 244-38-38 13 Restaurant Mergen 19B Borsoev St. +7 (301) 220-03-00 14 Café Buuza 41A Kommunisticheskaya St. +7 (301) 221-23-24 15 Restaurant Baataray Urgoo 4 Pushkin St. +7 (3012) 332492, +7 (9025) 629262

16 Hotel Baikal Plaza 12 Erbanov St. 8 (800) 222-01-50, +7 (3012) 21-08-38 17 Hotel Odon 43 Gagarin St. 8 (800) 775-0-885, +7 (3012) 44-34-80 18 Hotel Ayan Hotel 164 Babushkin St. +7 (3012) 415-141, +7 (3012) 415-115 19 Hotel HostelHouse 54A Smolin St. +7 (3012) 222-110, +7 (3012) 620-888 20 Mini-Hotel Zolotaya Yurta (Golden yurta) 74 prospect Stroiteley +7 (3012) 78-77-79, +7 (902) 168-77-79 89

NATIONAL

parks

The National parkÂ with all its beauties, unique kinds of flora and fauna is wealth of nature, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we kindly ask you:

> Do not leave campfires burning

> Do not make inscriptions

> Do not leave any garbage

> Take care of the nature

or smoldering

(you should carry it with you)

on stones or trees

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

Head office of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Zapovednoe Pribaikalye” 664050 Irkutsk, 291B Baikalskaya St. reception:

8 (3952) 350-662

tourist and recreation department:

8-902-5-446-445 Fax: (3952) 350-662

blgz-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) 659-210 Tamara 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 Park tel. 8-902-7-681-594

> Verkhne-Lenskoe forestry: Irkutsk region, Kachugskiy area, Chanchur village tel. 8-952-6-195-525

> Kirengskoe forestry:

Irkutsk region, Kachugsky area, Chanchur village tel. 8-904-1-523-4-749

Climate and weather

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 currents’ 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.

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.

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.

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.

Precautious:

How to remove a tick?

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

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.

ADDITIONAL

information

Migration service Foreigners who travel across Russia must have their visas registered. It is necessary 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 additional payment for a bed even if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay there). You can get the blanks for filling in a visa application form to the post-office 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) 24-09-53 (reception) info@ufms.irkutsk.ru www.ufms.irkutsk.ru

> Department of visa registration, invitation and registration of foreigners: 36A Gorkogo St.

tel. 8 (3952) 24-20-94 migr@ufms.irkutsk.ru

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

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.

Addresses of central Post offices: 1. Irkutsk post office

4. Post office №7

> 3 Chelnokov St., 3rd floor hot line: 8 (3952) 24-27-08 tel. 8 (3952) 38-12-00 > 23 Stepan Razin St. hotline@irkpost.ru www.irkps.ru Open only on workdays from 8:00 till 17:00

92А Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St. tel. 8 (3952) 20-92-02, 20-92-23 Open 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 №25

23 Stepan Razin St. tel. 8 (3952) 24-01-17, 33-12-35, 33-51-46 Open on workdays from 8:00 till 22:00, on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 till 18:00

2. Post office №3

28 Karl Marx St. tel. (3952) 34-16-08, 34-30-76 Open on workdays from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 9:00 till 16:00

3. Post office №11

40 Sverdlov St., 1st floor tel. 8 (3952) 34-16-08 Open on workdays from 8:00 till 20:00, on Saturday from 9:00 till 18:00

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InternetCafĂŠ

1. Lider, computer club

4. Epitsentr, internet-cafĂŠ

7 Krasnoarmeyskaya St., ground floor tel. 8 (3952) 20-15-14 Open 24/7.

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

2. Perekrestok, computer club

5. PvP, computer club

13 Lenin St., ground floor tel. 8 (3952) 580-005 Open 24/7.

55 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St. (sidewall entrance) tel. 8-964-213-90-50 Open 24/7.

3. XXI vek, computer club

1 Sverdlov St. (sidewall entrance) Open 24/7.

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Telephone services

Cellular Operators: BEELINE сetwork of express-service centers (Beeline)

MTS telecommunication operator > 24 hours call-center tel. 8-800-250-08-90 corporate@irkutsk.mts.ru > Residential internet and digital television tel. 8-800-250-00-50 www.irkutsk.mts.ru info@irkutsk.mts.ru

> 24 hours general call-center tel. 8 (3952) 57-00-00 > general call-center tel. 8 (3952) 25-80-21 www.irkutsk.beeline.ru questions@khb.beeline.ru

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

5. 36/2 Dzerzhinskogo St. Open from 9:00 till 20:00 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

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

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

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

4. 22 Lenin St. tel. 8 (3952) 57-04-52

8. 24 Lenin St., 1st floor Open from 9:00 till 21:00 seven days a week. 100

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9. 14 Urickogo St., 1st floor Open from 9:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

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

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

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

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

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Bank

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

Sberbank of Russia: Irkutsk

6. 27 Stepan Razin St.

24 hours general call-center tel. 8-800-555-55-50

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

1. 19 Urickogo St.

7. 6 Sukhe-Bator St.

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

Open on workdays from 10:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 15:00

2. 27A Dzerzhiskogo St., 1st floor

8. 2 Furye St.

Open on workdays from 9:00 till 19:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 17:00

3. 29 Karl Marx St., 1st floor

9. 105A Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.

Open on workdays from 9:00 till 18:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 17:00

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

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

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Attention! There are no banks and ATMs at the Olkhon Island (Khuzhir Village). Please take cash with you. 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Svalâ&#x20AC;?.

Supermarkets

> SLATA (Right bank) supermarket network

> BAGIRA supermarkets network

1. 21 Karl Marx St.

6. 7 Oktyabrskoy Revolitsii St.

tel. 8 (3952) 76-26-02, 76-26-03 Open 24/7.

fax 8 (3952) 71-01-89 tel. 8 (3952) 71-02-81 Open 24/7.

2. 36 Partizanskaya St., 1st floor Shopping Center â&#x20AC;&#x153;Karamelâ&#x20AC;? tel. 8 (3952) 76-20-71 Open from 8:00 till 24:00 seven days a week.

> BAGIRA minimarket

7. 12z Karl Marx St.

tel. 8 (3952) 65-88-90 Open from 10:00 till 22:00 seven days a week.

3. 25 Tretiego Iyulya St., 1st floor

tel. 8 (3952) 722-350 Open from 9:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

8. 5 Pyatoy Armii

tel. 8 (3952) 60-82-55 Open from 8:00 till 21:00 seven days a week.

> TSEZAR (right bank) supermarkets network

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

> SPAR supermarkets network general call-center tel. 8 (3952) 28-83-30

5. 85 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.

9. 6 Stepan Razin St.

tel. 8 (3952) 29-46-37 Open from 9:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

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> APELSIN minimarket

> MODNIY KVARTAL shopping and entertaining complex

10. 7 Sukhe-Bator St., 1st floor

14. 25 Tretyego Iyulya St.

Open from 8:00 till 23:00

130 Kvartal tel. 8 (3952) 48-53-25 Open from 10:00 till 22:00

> ARARAT-MARKET supermarket

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

> KOMSOMOL shopping and entertaining complex

> TSENTRALNIY RYNOK (Central Market)

15. 10 Verkhnyaya Naberezhnaya St.

Open from 10:00 till 22:00

12. 22 Chekhov St.

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

> SEZON shopping and office center

> TORGOVYI KOMPLEKS shopping center

16. 36 Sverdlov St.

tel. 8 (3952) 34-00-44, 211-949 Open from 9:00 till 19:00

13. 17 Litvinov St.

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Hiking shops

> SPORTLANDIYA shop network

> EXPEDITSIYA shop network

5. 1 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St.

1. 48 Lenin St., stadion Trud

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

tel. 8 (3952) 20-20-78 Open from 10:00 till 19:00

2. 36 Sverdlov St.

6. 36 Partizanskaya St.

Shopping center “Sezon”, ground floor tel. 8 (3952) 20-30-54 Open from 10:00 till 20:00

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

> BAYARD hunting and fishing outfits shop

> SPORTMASTER sport shop free general call-center tel. 8-800-777-77-71

3. 19 Chekhov St.

Shopping Center “Rublev”, 110th pavilion fax 8 (3952) 21-13-06 Open from 10:00 till 18:00, on Saturday from 10:00 till 16:00

7. 36 Partizanskaya St.

Shopping Center “Karamel”, 3rd floor tel. 8 (3952) 78-23-22 Open from 10:00 till 22:00 seven days a week.

> KLEVIY BEREG tourist and fishing goods

> LESNIK outfit shop

4. 1 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St.

8. 26 Timiryazev St., 1st floor

k1, 3rd pavilion tel. 8 (3952) 97-88-87 Open from 9:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

tel. 8-914-883-80-75 Open from 9:00 till 19:00, on Sunday from 10:00 till 17:00 106

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> OKHOTNIK (HUNTER) RABOCHAYA 25

11. 1 Litvinov St.

2rd, 11th pavilions Open from 10:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

9. 25 Rabochaya St.

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

> FANSPORT sport shop network

12. 1 Litvinov St.

> PARITET hunting and outfit shop

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

10. 15 Sukhe-Bator St.

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

> YUNKER

13. 85B Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St.

> SPORT-SERVICE sport shop network

tel. 8-964-357-60-57 Open from 10:00 till 19:00

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Car hire

1. Avto-Rentur car hire

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

7 Timiryazev St. tel. 8 (3952) 77-77-14 www.777714.ru Open from 9:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

5. АutoTour38 car hire service

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

2. Rentacar car hire service

6. HERTZ car hire company

6 Tereshkovoy St. tel. 8 (3952) 68-68-28 www.rentacar38.ru Open from 9:00 till 18:00 seven days a week.

80 Starokuzmikhinskaya St. tel. 8 (3952) 40-67-89 Open from 9:00 till 18:00 seven days a week.

3. Ne peshkom car hire service

7. Bus-Tour transport company (car and buses hire)

general call-center: tel. 8 (3952) 62-07-70 2/4 Shiryamov St., office 17 www.nepeshcom.ru Open from 10:00 till 19:00 seven days a week.

1 Oktyabrskoy Revolutsii St. tel. 8 (3952) 755-888 Open from 8:00 till 23:00 seven days a week.

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

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Pharmacies

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

> PHARMACY AVITSENNA

6. 20 Dzerzhinskogo St.

1. 21 Lenin St.

from 8:00 till 22:00

all-night drugstore, open 24/7

> PHARMACY №103

> PHARMACY 36 AND 6

7. 2 Kievskaya St.

2. 37 Timiryazev St.

from 8:00 till 21:00

> PHARMACY ESCULAP

3. 13 Krasksnoarmeyskaya St.

8. 22 Lenin St.

from 8:00 till 21:00

from 8:00 till 24:00

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

> PHARMACY FARMEKONOM

> PHARMACY LADUSHKA

9. 24 Lenin St.

from 7:30 till 21:00

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

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. 110

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First-aid kit for tourists

For the sake of your well-being you should carry a first-aid 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, Alka-Zeltzer, Voltaren gel, Dolobene gel > If you have respiratory system diseases: Imudon, Strepsils, Lasolvan > If you have disordered stomach: Imodium, Enterofuril, White coal, Rioflora, Normabact > If you have heaviness or swelling in the stomach: Kreon, Pangrol, Espumisan > If you have heartburn: Gaviskon, Rennie, Ultop

> If you have allergy: Aerius, Claritine, Fenistil > Cardio-vascular diseases: Valocordin, Corvalol > Sedatives: Novo-Passit, 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 “sea-sickness” or sickness in transport: Travel Dream, Dramina, Airsea, Kokkuline > Sunblocks: La Roche Posay, Vishy, Ambre Solaire > If you have a sunburn: Panthenol spray, Bepanthen cooling foam spray > Substances against mosquitos and ticks: OFF, Gardex, Mosquitol > Dressings: courtplaster, bandage

The details are given by the pharmacy “Avitsenna”.

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Contacts of emergency assistance

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

Necessary contacts > Airport call-center:

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 call-center:

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 call-center (First call-center):

tel. 8(3952)22-32-23

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SIBERIAN

cuisine

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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, white-fish, 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, Ulan-Ude, or in the Baikal area. > Buryat tea with milk and salt. > Tea made of Baikal herbs (thyme, Sagan- Dailya, willow-herb, kuril tea, chaga tea, and etc.).

> Berry fruit drinks (cowberries, currants, bilberries, sea-buckthorns, cranberries, etc.).

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Cafes and restaurants

Russian Cuisine RESTAURANTS

CAFES, POZNYE

1. Rassolnik

7. Snezhinka (Snowflake) Café 2 Litvinov St.

Restaurant of Russian cuisine

3 Tretyego Iyulya St.

Average bill — 900 rubles.

(entrance from Karl Marx St.) Average bill — 1 000 rubles.

2. Shtoff Restraurant of Russian cuisine 8 Sedov St.

8. Sytniy Ryad (Nourishing line) 29 Timiryazev St.

3. Arbatskiy dvorik

9. Blinnaya Café 8 Sukhe-Bator St., 1st floor

Average bill — 2 000 rubles

Average bill — 200 rubles.

(Arbat courtyard) restaurant

16 Urickogo St., 2nd floor

Average bill — 100 rubles.

Average bill — 1 500 rubles.

10. Popcafe Café 15 Lenin St.

4. Razguloff restaurant complex 34 Karl Marx St., 1st floor

Average bill — 300 rubles.

Average bill — 500 rubles.

5. Trapeznikov

Izbushka Bistro 11. 9A Krasnogo Vosstaniya St.

67 Pyatoy Armii St.

12. 17 Rossiyskaya St.

Restaurant of Russian author’s cuisine

Average bill — 200 rubles.

Average bill — 1 500 rubles.

Average bill — 200 rubles.

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

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Buryat Cuisine Amtala café-poznaya 13. 42 Timiryazev St.

16. Buuznaya Café 48 Lenin St., 1st floor

Average bill — 200 rubles.

Average bill — 250 rubles.

14. 5 Stepan Razin St.

17. Urme café-poznaya 30 Karl Marx St.

Average bill — 200 rubles.

15. Belaya Yurta poznaya 22 Karl Marx St.

(entrance from Chekhov Str.) Average bill — 120 rubles.

(entrance from Krasnoarmeyskaya Str.) Average bill — 350 rubles.

Vegetarian Cuisine Govinda vegetarian Café 18. 4 Furye St., 2nd floor

19. 66B Vtoraya Zheleznodo rozhnaya St. Average bill — 250 rubles.

Average bill — 250 rubles.

Coffee Houses Double Coffee Coffee House 20. 19 Sverdlov St.

24. 12 Stepan Razin

Average bill — 700 rubles.

25. 25 Tretyego Iyulya St.

ground floor Average bill — 300 rubles.

1st floor Average bill — 500 rubles.

21. 36 Lenin St.

Average bill — 300 rubles.

26. Traveler’s Coffee on Kievskaya St. Coffee House

22. Lenin Str Coffee Coffee House 9 Lenin St.

7 Kievskaya St., 1st floor Average bill — 400 rubles.

Average bill — 250 rubles.

Studio coffee Coffee House 23. 1 Zhelyabov St. Average bill — 700 rubles..

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EnglishRussian phrasebook

EVERYDAY PHRASES Hello

Здравствуйте

Zdravstvuyte

Good bye

До свидания

Do svidaniya

How are you?

Как дела?

Kak dela?

Yes

Да

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 по-английски?

Vi govorite po angliyski?

What time is it?

Сколько времени?

Skol’ko vremeni?

I'm lost

Я заблудился

Ya zabludilsya

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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

USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS Where is the tourist information office?

Где находится информационно-туристская служба?

Gde nakhoditsya informatsionno-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 reggistratsiya 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?

Где находится банк / банкомат?

Gde nakhoditsya bank/ bankomat?

Money exchange.

Обмен валюты.

Obmen valyuty.

I want to exchange money to Rubles.

Я хочу поменять деньги на рубли.

Ya khochu pomenyat’ denggi na rubli.

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Where is a post office?

Где находится почта?

Gde nakhoditsya pochta?

I need stamps.

Мне нужны почтовые марки.

Mne nuzhny pochtoviye marki.

Postcards.

Почтовые открытки.

Pochtoviye otkritki.

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

Мне нужна сим-карта (Билайн, МТC).

Mne nuzhna sim-carta (Beeline, MTC).

I need to make a call to another country.

Мне нужно позвонить в другую страну.

Mne nuzhno pozvonit’ v druguyu stranu.

I need Internet.

Мне нужен интернет.

Mne nuzhen Internet.

Where is an Internetcafé?

Где находится интернет- Gde nakhoditsya Internet кафе? kafe ?

Do you have WI-FI?

У вас есть WI-FI?

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 ост рова Ольхон (Хужир)?

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

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

Мне нужен один билет (два билета) до Листвянки / Ольхона (Хужира) / Аршана / Улан-Удэ / Улан-Батора.

Mne nuzhen odin bilet (dva bileta) do Listvyanka / 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 отправления у поезда?

Kakoye vremya otpravleniya?

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 вагон-ресторан?

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 etomu adressu, pozhaluysta.

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I want to rent a car.

Я хочу взять машину напрокат.

Ya khochu vzyat’ mashinu naprokat.

This is my international driving permit (license).

Вот мои международные Vot moi mezhdunarodniye водительские права. 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?

HOTEL 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 Ya khotel bi odnomestniy номер / двуместный nomer / dvumestniy номер. 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 что-нибудь подешевле?

Yest’ chto-nibud podeshevle?

Would you please show me a better room?

Не могли бы вы показать Ne mogli bi vi pokazat’ мне комнату получше? 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 порекомендовать другую гостиницу?

Mozhete porekomendovat’ 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.

Что-нибудь не дорогое.

Chto-nibud’ ne dorogoye.

Is there a café with Russian 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 вегетарианское меню?

U vas yest’ vegetarianskoye 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, сливочное масло, сметану, майонез. Приготовьте что-нибудь без этих продуктов.

Ya veganets: ya ne yem myasso, ribu, kuritsu, yaytsa, moloko, slivochnoye 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 Ya khotel bi rasschitat’sya сейчас. 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 /

Мясо / курица / рыба

Myasso / kuritsa / riba

Omul (Baikal fish)

Омуль (Байкальская рыба)

Omul’ (Baikalskaya riba)

Seafood

Морепродукты

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 Otvezite menya в больницу, пожалуйста. v bolnitsu, pozhaluysta.

Can you give me something to stop the pain?

Можете дать мне чтонибудь болеутоляющее?

Mozhete mne dat’ chtonibud’ 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?

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