Slyudyanka
Слюдянка
A small town at the southern tip of Lake Baikal, home to Russia's only marble railway station and the western starting point of the lakeside railway.
Slyudyanka sits at the southwestern end of Lake Baikal, where the Trans-Siberian Railway runs close to the shore. Slyudyanka I Station, completed in 1904, is built of local marble and is the only marble railway station in Russia. The town has a private mineral museum with thousands of mineral specimens from the Baikal region. It is the starting point for the Circum-Baikal Railway's small train and the departure point for hikes up Peak Chersky. The journey from Irkutsk takes about 2 to 3 hours by train or minibus, and the lakeside beach is great for a swim in summer.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Circum-Baikal Railway
- Peak Chersky
- Mount Sobolinaya Ski Resort
- Alexander III Monument & Gagarin Boulevard
- Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore
- Church of the Holy Cross
- Sukachev Irkutsk Regional Art Museum
- 130 Kvartal