Monument of Russian-Japanese Relations

Daikokuya Kodayu

When there is talk about Russia and Japan in a military sense first in mind comes the for the Japanese victorious war of 1904-05. The simple monument on an Irkutsk side street from 1994 though refers...

Interesting monument and story

The "Egg" Monument is located at the intersection of Kanadzava and Marat Streets. The Kanadzava Street is named in honour of the relationship between Irkutsk and Kanadzava as sister cities. The monume...

Not an egg, but a seed pine.

Original Text

What does the fall out of the wall, or the stone egg cut out of the wall, I was not quite clear at first. Yes, the egg is some very sharp on one side. Something can purely Japanese symbolism ...

Mysterious monument

Original Text

I found it completely accidental. The first impression is beautiful, interesting, unusual. I began to read the inscription - exactly nothing to understand not devoted. I went to Irkipedia - even more strange. On example ...

City - we are brothers

Original Text

The sight of Soviet-capitalist friendship between the USSR and Japan-the city is brotherly: Irkutsk-Kanazawa