Irkutsk Kremlin (Siberia, 1735).Irkutsk began as a zimovye(winter quarters), built by Ivan Pokhabovi
Irkutsk Kremlin (Siberia, 1735).Irkutsk began as a zimovye(winter quarters), built by Ivan Pokhabovin 1652 for the purpose of gold trading and collection of yasakfrom the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov built an ostrog(small fort) nearby, and it gainedofficial town status in 1686.The city is named after the Irkut River, whose namecomes from the Buryat word for “spinning”. -- source link
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