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    Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, romanized: Irkutskaya oblastʹ; Buryat: Эрхүү можо, romanized: Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia...
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    Irkutsk (/ɪərˈkutsk/ eer-KOOTSK; Russian: Иркутск, IPA: [ɪrˈkutsk]; Buryat and Mongolian: Эрхүү, Erhüü, [ɛrˈxuː]) is the largest city and administrative...
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    are two serial killers from Irkutsk, Russia, known as the Academy maniacs and the Irkutsk Molotochniki (Hammer Men of Irkutsk). The pair collectively committed...
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    An excerpt from the order of the government of Yenisei county in the Irkutsk Governorate, General. Sergey Rozanov said: Those villages whose population...
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    unrequited love. In popular medieval legend, a White Lady is fabled to appear by day as well as by night in a house in which a family member is soon to die....
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    Alexander Kolchak (category White movement admirals)
    Bolshevik military committee. The White Army under the command of General Vladimir Kappel advanced toward Irkutsk while Kolchak was interrogated by a...
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  • connection with six murders and attacks on residents in Akademgorodok in Irkutsk. The attacks, which involved a mallet and knife, began in December 2010...
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    Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (category House of Romanov in exile)
    other things, visited Irkutsk State University, where she presented a medal “In Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the House of Romanov”. She visited...
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    the authorities in Irkutsk. Earlier that day, Kolchak had been executed by a Cheka firing squad to prevent his rescue by a small White army then on the...
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  • he orders an evacuation and seizes Irkutsk as the new capital of anti-communist Russia. Anna is recognized by a White officer who informs Kolchak; they...
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    authority to make a decision on their request; they must go to Irkutsk. On arriving in Irkutsk in August, the Mongolians met with the head of what was later...
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    Nina Kraviz (category Musicians from Irkutsk)
    a Russian DJ, music producer and singer. Kraviz was born and raised in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. She moved to Moscow to study dentistry where she later...
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  • Alexander Astashev (category People from Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Oblast)
    Alexander Astashev was born on November 17, 1956, in the town of Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Oblast. Little is known about his childhood and adolescent years. During...
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    grizzle, patched, ticked, white, grey, black, red and brown of all shades. There are two major types, the Evenki and the Irkutsk; other less important types...
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    V. V. (2007). Birds of forest-steppes of the Upper Angara river basin. Irkutsk. Duncan, James R. Owls of the world: their lives, behavior and survival...
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    Trans-Siberian Railway route, roughly 900 kilometers (560 mi) east of Irkutsk. Population: 334,427 (2021 Census); 324,444 (2010 Census); Pyotr Beketov's...
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    employees were evacuated to the Russian cities of Ufa (from 1941) and Irkutsk (1942–1944). They continued to perform their Kyiv repertoire, but also...
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    her for the trip. The group of seven hikers, led by Korovina, arrived in Irkutsk by train in August 1993. Korovina's hiking group was one of three in the...
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    Sergey Chemezov (category People from Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Oblast)
    20 August 1952 in the city of Cheremkhovo in Irkutsk Oblast. Chemezov graduated with honours from Irkutsk Institute of National Economy (presently Baikal...
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    Rudolf Nureyev (category People from Irkutsk Oblast)
    dancer of his generation. Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union, to a Tatar family. He began his early career with...
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    Mikhail Diterikhs (category White movement generals)
    Legion to organize their first resistance in May 1918, and commanded their Irkutsk-Chita-Vladivostok armed group. Diterikhs was ordered by Admiral Kolchak...
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  • Innokenty Smolin (category White movement generals)
    city of Yakutsk. He was of Karaim descent. In 1905, he graduated from the Irkutsk Military School in the 2nd Category. On May 5, 1905 he was promoted from...
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    Valery Pereleshin (category Writers from Irkutsk)
    1992) was a Russian-Brazilian poet and translator. Pereleshin was born in Irkutsk, where his father served as an official of the Siberian railroads. From...
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    Marina Alyabusheva—who teaches art and is an exhibited artist—was born in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia and is of Russian and Belarusian ancestry. Kurylenko's parents...
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    non-rabid wolf attacks in winter have been recorded in Belarus, Kirov and Irkutsk oblasts, Karelia and Ukraine. Also, wolves with pups experience greater...
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    Tofalariya (category Irkutsk Oblast)
    Tofalariya (Russian: Тофалария) is a small cultural and historical region in Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is located in the southwestern part of Nizhneudinsky...
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    of Russian Empire in Nizhny Novgorod Epiphany Cathedral (1718), Irkutsk Modern House "Теремок" in Moscow Church of Mary Magdalene, Jerusalem Philharmonic...
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    of the White Army in Siberia. Not long afterward, Kolchak was arrested by the disaffected Czechoslovak Legion as he traveled towards Irkutsk without...
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    Siberian intervention (category White movement)
    sections of the Siberian railway. The main areas of operation were the Irkutsk, Harbin and Vladivostok regions. The French sent a small, token, 500-strong...
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  • His followers organized to locate and free him. He was found living in Irkutsk, and managed to escape and move to Moscow in 1795. In 1797, he moved to...
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