75th anniversary

Выполнила - Фридрак Маргарита Александровна

Учитель английского языка МБОУ «СОШ № 6»

Усольский район, Иркутская область

COVERS AREA - 768,000 sq km

(England and France combined)

RANKS – 6th among the regions of

Russia

STRETCHES

from North to South for 1400 km

from East to West for 1600 km

FORESTS - 75% of its territory

POPULATION – 2 764 100 people

TOWNS – 22,

SETTLEMENTS - 66

The ostrog of Irkutsk was founded in 1661

on the 6th of July by Yakov Pokhabov

The first ostrog of Irkutsk consisted of 20

cossaks

The settlement was named after the river

Irkut, which means “speedy, fast flowing”

Irkutsk was given the status of the city in

1686

Irkutsk became the capital of Eastern

Siberia in 1725

Irkutsk became the capital of Irkutsk

region in 1926

The coat of arms of

Irkutsk

The coat of arms was given in 1690.

It depicts two animals: “a babr” and

a sable. They are symbolic for the

power and the wealth of Siberia

The flag was adopted on

December 4th, 1996

“Angara” Hotel

The New Bridge Over

the Angara River The House of Children

Creative Art

The Central Square

named after S.M.Kirov

The Obelisk to the First

Explores of Siberia

Ledokol “Angara”

(a museum)

The Tank “Irkutsk

Komsomolets” War Memorial “Irkutsk Citizens in the Great

Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945”(opened in 1975)

The Drama Theatre named

after N.P.Okhlopkov A Monument to A.P.Beloborodov

(Twice Hero of the Soviet Union)

Spasskaya Church

The 18 th centry` s church

of the Savior (1706-1710)

A Polish Cathedral (1884)

(An Organ Concert Hall) The Church of the

Epiphany(1718-1764)

The Cathedral of Znameny

(has some graves of

Decembrists)

(1762)

Classical State

University The Linguistic

University

The University

of Economy

Teacher`s Training

University

Medical University

Politechnic University

Agicultural Academy

East Siberian

Institute of

Economy and

Right

Is located at heigh of 456 m

Water surface area – 31,500 sq km (1,7 times as great as Lake

Ladoga)

Length – 636 km

Maximum depth – 1637 m

Volume – 23,600 cu km (20 % of fresh water on the Earth)

Ranks 6th among the fresh water lakes in the world

Flow into – 336 rivers (the largest - Selenga)

Run out – only 1 river (Angara)

Islands – 27 (the largest is Olkhon)

1550 species of animals

1085 species of plants

56 species of fish

ENDEMICS

848 (60 %) animal species

133 (15 %) plant species

golomyanka – the only

viviparous freshwater fish

the seal or Baikalskaya nerpa

Barguzin sable

Cedar nuts

500 years old trees

Goltsy

(bare rocky

summits)

The oldest towns

Irkutsk – 1686

Kirensk – 1775

Nizhneudinsk – 1783

Cheremkhovo – 1917

Zima – 1917

Bodaibo – 1925

Usolye-Sibirskoye – 1925

Tulun – 1927

Taishet - 1938

Irkutsk

Usolye-Sibirskoye Tulun

Nizhneudinsk

Cheremkhovo

Zima

Taishet

The youngest towns

Angarsk – 1951

Ust-Kut – 1954

Bratsk – 1955

Shelekhov – 1962

Sayansk – 1970

Bratsk

Angarsk

Ust-Ilimsk Sayansk

Shelekhov Ust-Kut

The Buryats National

Instrument ‘Knur’

The Buryats National

Dress and a Hat

The Buryats Shaman

Datsan – Buryats Cult

Religious Building

One of the Places of Traditional

Rituals of Buryats

“Just as England created London,

And France – Paris, so Siberia created

Irkutsk. She is proud of it.

And not to see Irkutsk means not to see

Siberia”.

/N. Shelgunov/