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Irkutsk

American  
[eer-kootsk] / irˈkutsk /

noun

  1. a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, W of Lake Baikal.


Irkutsk British  
/ irˈkutsk /

noun

  1. a city in S Russia; situated on the Trans-Siberian railway; university (1918); one of the largest industrial centres in Siberia, esp for heavy engineering. Pop: 587 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Videos verified by the BBC show damaged aircraft at the Olenegorsk air base in Murmansk and the Belaya air base in Irkutsk.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

The Lena River, the world's 11th longest, originates near Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk region in southeastern Siberia and flows into the Arctic Ocean.

From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2023

On Sept. 23, Mutinova and Trifonova were handcuffed and arrested by local police in Irkutsk, and freed after three hours of interrogation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

The Sukhoi Su-30, a Russian two-seat fighter jet, crashed Sunday about 5:30 p.m. in the Novo-Lenino district of Irkutsk.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2022

Her son Vasenka was in the commissariat service, and had gone to Irkutsk in Siberia.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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