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Merchant Sibiryakov’s Mansion
Merchant Sibiryakov’s Mansion, later the Residence of Governor General of Eastern
Siberia (Research Library of Irkutsk State University)
The mansion known as ‘The White House’, was designed by the Italian architect
Giacomo Quarenghi, in the style of Russian classicism. The fence, gate and trellis
work of the balconies are in the same style. Originally, the Irkutsk merchant
K.M.Sibiryakov built his three-storey stone house here, but it was soon burnt
and destroyed. The present mansion is an exact copy of the previous one rebuilt
by Sibiryakov in 1814-1821. In 1837 the house was purchased from the heirs by
the regional government and became the residence of the Governor General of Eastern
Siberia. In 1917 - 1918 this building housed The Central Executive Committee of
Siberian Soviets (Centrosibir). In 1918 the Irkutsk State University was established
and its first lectures were delivered in this building. Since 1939 the mansion
has been housing the research library of the University which is considered one
of the largest in the country. parkway Gagarina, 24
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