Киренское городское поселение

Few towns in Irkutsk Oblast have a history as closely tied to river transport and Siberian frontier settlement as Kirensk. Set where the Kirenga meets the Lena, the town occupies a strategic river junction in the northern part of the oblast. It was founded in 1630 as Nikolsky ostrog, a fortified outpost, and later developed as a river port serving the Lena basin. Long distances and waterways still define its setting: the Lena is the main connection through a sparsely populated taiga region. Browse other webcams across Kirensk and northern Irkutsk Oblast to place this river setting in a wider geographic context.

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