Description of the attraction
Museum-icebreaker "Angara" is one of the most fascinating and unique museums in Irkutsk. The steam icebreaker "Angara" is one of the first icebreakers in the world and, probably, the oldest of the ships of this type that have survived to this day.
Back in 1898, the Russian government issued an order for the construction of an icebreaker. The order was carried out by the British shipbuilding company Sir VG Armstrong in Newcastle. The icebreaker was completed in 1899 and delivered in parts to Lake Baikal, where it was assembled under the guidance of engineer-shipbuilder V. Zabolotsky. The crew of the vessel, with a displacement of 1400 tons and a capacity of 1250 hp machines. forces, was 50 people. "Angara", launched at the end of July 1900, together with the ferry "Baikal" was intended to ensure the crossing of trains across Lake Baikal, paving the way in the ice. In the period 1907-16. the ship was at rest. With the adoption of the decree "On the nationalization of the merchant fleet" the icebreaker "Angara" was also nationalized.
During the Civil War, the ship, armed with guns and machine guns, took part in hostilities on the shores of Lake Baikal. From 1922 to 1960, the Angara icebreaker made voyages on Lake Baikal, delivering cargo and passengers, towing barges in winter. Due to inadequate care and obsolescence, the vessel was excluded from the fleet and transferred to the Irkutsk reservoir for the needs of DOSAAF. In 1975, it was decommissioned and sent for disposal, but it ran aground while moving to the port, where it was until 1987. It was then that the decision was made to restore the icebreaker and turn it into a museum.
In November 1990, the Angara was put up at the pier opposite the Solnechny microdistrict of Irkutsk. The exposition of the museum is represented by two complexes: the history of navigation on Lake Baikal and the history of the icebreaker "Angara". The first complex is considered to be leading.
At present, the Angara icebreaker needs restoration. By the decision of the Arbitration Court, the icebreaker was transferred to the possession of the Irkutsk Oblast rescue service, which planned to conduct an examination of the technical condition of the icebreaker and the necessary repairs.
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Saitgareev Raul Raulievich 2016-26-08
On August 1, 2015, the icebreaker was transferred to the Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. The Museum launched an exhibition on the ship "Along the Waves of the Glorious Sea Baikal" (the history of navigation) - October 15, 2015. After renovation in the 1st class cabin (May 2016), there is a cinema in which the film is shown
Show full text On August 1, 2015, the icebreaker was handed over to the Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. The Museum launched an exhibition on the ship "Along the Waves of the Glorious Sea Baikal" (the history of shipping) - October 15, 2015. After repairs in the 1st class cabin (May 2016), there is a cinema in which films about the Baikal ferry-icebreaker and the Angara icebreaker are shown. At the stern of the icebreaker, a mini-stage was made from the cover that closed the hatch into the hold room, where representatives of the bard song of the KSP "MOST" became frequent guests with concerts.
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