An old photo (date unknown) of Verkholensk, in Irkutsk Oblast(Siberia). Many proletarian revol
An old photo (date unknown) of Verkholensk, in Irkutsk Oblast(Siberia). Many proletarian revolutionaries were exiled here in thepast. Verkholensk was founded in 1641 as a fort on the upper LenaRiver, west of Lake Baikal, as part of the conquest of Siberia. -- source link
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