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Irkutsk: Chekhov's 'Paris of Siberia' – A Photographer's Captivating Journey

Irkutsk: Chekhov s Paris of Siberia – A Photographer s Captivating Journey

While on a year-plus sojourn around the world, photographer Marianna Jamadi found herself in the Russian city of Irkutsk. Though Chekov referred to it as the Paris of Siberia, Jamadi found it a far cry from the French capital. (To be fair, he was talking about the 1825 version of the city.) Nevertheless, she found beauty in the architecture that had fallen into disrepair.

Structures of Another Time

So we got to Irkutsk, Russia. The city is an architectural mix of wooden buildings (that look like they could be from New Orleans) and Soviet-style block housing.


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