From Irkutsk, the closest destination on the lake is Listvyanka, "the gateway to Baikal." Listvyanka has a bustling outdoor market that sells fresh and dried herbs, teas, souvenirs, and Baikal’s ...

Thanks to Baikal, Irkutsk became an exception for yet another reason. I was no longer alone on the Trans-Siberian; I had made 5 new friends.

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water.

Irkutsk was also chosen due to its proximity to Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest lake at 30 million years old and with an average depth of over 744 metres.

IRKUTSK, Russia -- Environmentalists in Russia's Far East have been celebrating a small victory in a long war to protect one of the world's great natural treasures, Lake Baikal.

More than 142,000 Instagram accounts have subscribed to @baikal_save, which critically reports on the construction work. Activists are planning protests in several major cities across Russia, and ...

Baikal's cellulose plant was commissioned in 1966, provoking ecologists' protests at damage to the lake's unique environment IRKUTSK, September 18 (Itar-Tass) - The administration of Siberian ...