Russia:Irkutsk is one of the largest cities in Siberia

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Irkutsk is situated 5,185 kilometers by rail from Moscow with the population of 600,000 people. Representatives of about 55 nationalities live city lies on the banks of the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei River, 72 kilometers below its outflow from Lake Baikal. The river has a breadth of 580 meters. The name of the city – Irkutsk – originates fro the name of one of local rivers – Irkut, and if to translate this name from the languages of local population, it means “speedy fast flowing river”.

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