Icebreaker Angara Museum

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Icebreaker Angara Museum
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Location within Irkutsk Oblast
EstablishedMarch 1991
Location Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates 52°15′00.6″N104°20′38.3″E / 52.250167°N 104.343972°E / 52.250167; 104.343972
Type museum ship

The Icebreaker Angara Museum is a museum in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

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History

The museum was originally an icebreaker ordered from Sir V G Armstrong, Vitvort and Co. ship company in Newcastle, United Kingdom in 1898. On 1 August 1900, the ship was put into operation and operated in Lake Baikal. [1] It was used by the Soviet Union until 1949 before it underwent 11 years of reparation. In March 1991, the ship was turned into a museum. [2] [3]

Architecture

The ship has an overall length of 60 meters (196 ft 10 in), a width of 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) and depth to main deck of 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in). [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Icebreaker "Angara"". Baikal Nature. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Icebreaker Angara Museum". UVisitRussia.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ice Breaker Angara Museum". Legend Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2024.


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