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Icebreaker Angara Museum

Coordinates: 52°15′00.6″N 104°20′38.3″E / 52.250167°N 104.343972°E / 52.250167; 104.343972
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Icebreaker Angara Museum
Icebreaker Angara Museum is located in Irkutsk Oblast
Icebreaker Angara Museum
Location within Irkutsk Oblast
EstablishedMarch 1991
LocationIrkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates52°15′00.6″N 104°20′38.3″E / 52.250167°N 104.343972°E / 52.250167; 104.343972
Typemuseum ship

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

History

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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

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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

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References

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