In the past, eastern Siberia had to rely mostly on coal for its energy supply. Now, Irkutsk Oil has begun plans to utilise the region’s gas reserves Irkutsk Oil’s oil treatment facility in eastern ...

Eugene officials voted Monday night to suspend its sister city relationship with Irkutsk, Russia. City Council unanimously voted to pause the relationship with the Siberian city, with many councilors ...

The 75th anniversary of the large hydroelectric power station commissioned by Stalin, still the second largest in Russia, was celebrated. Since the 18th century, Orthodox missionaries had started ...

Irkutsk was a name I've only seen before on RISK. Yes, the board game. And I had to trawl the internet to find out how it's pronounced (for the record, it's err-KOOT-sk). So how did I end up in this ...