The building at 32 Kartashov St. had had enough. It once served as home to a 19th Century merchant, a little log masterpiece with ornate doors and shutters carved like doilies and a structural swagger ...
From wooden Siberian houses and exiled 19th century aristocrats, to the protagonists of War and Peace and the indescribable beauty of Lake Baikal – a visit to Irkutsk makes for an extraordinary ...