Irkutsk, Russia
So taking a step back, I can't skip over our short stop in Irkutsk. Known to many as a hard to contol territory in Risk, Irkutsk is apparently known as the Paris of Siberia, though that is even more of a stretch than calling Tromso the Paris of the north. The city does have its share of grandiose neoclassical architecture, and an important historical role in the early days of Revolution in Russia. Irkutsk is known for the Decemberists(though not the band), who ...