Listvianka
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Listvianka
an urban-type settlement in Irkutsk Raion, Irkutsk Oblast, RSFSR. It is situated on Lake Baikal at the source of the Angara River. The Baikal railroad station is on the opposite bank. A shipyard is in Listvianka. The Institute of Limnology of the Siberian division of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR is located there. A museum is connected with the institute.
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