Ilimsk
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Ilimsk was a small town in Siberia, within today's Irkutsk Oblast
of Russia. The town was flooded by the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir in the mid-1970s.
Ilimsk was founded in 1630 on the Ilim River
, a tributary of the Angara River
, as Ilimsky Ostrog (i.e., "Fort Ilim"). The town was the administrative center of a district (okrug) from 1764 to 1775, and had population of around 700 by the end of the 19th century.
Alexander Radishchev
was exiled to Ilimsk between 1792 and 1796. His wife had died, and her sister joined Radishchev in Ilimsk, bringing his younger childer with her. Later Radishchev married her, while still in Ilimsk.
After the October Revolution
of 1917, Ilimsk became a village (selo), and after the construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Dam on the Angara at Ust-Ilimsk
(below the fall of the Ilim into the Angara), the site of the village was flooded by the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir in the mid-1970s.
Before the site was flooded, archaeological excavations were carried out in the village during 1967-75; the Spasskaya Tower and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan from the old ostrog (wooden fort) were taken apart and moved to the Taltsy Museum , an open-air museum of traditional architecture near Irkutsk
. In the early 2000s, an exact copy of another tower of the former Ilimsk ostrog and the southern wall of the fortress were built at the Taltsy site next to the buildings moved from Ilimsk, thus recreating a large portion of the historic fortified town within easy reach from Irkutsk.
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: -History:...
of Russia. The town was flooded by the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir in the mid-1970s.
Ilim River
Ilim River is a river in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Angara River. It flows north between and parallel to the Angara and Lena Rivers, and then swings west to join the Angara 40km south of Ust-Ilimsk....
, a tributary of the Angara River
Angara River
The Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River....
, as Ilimsky Ostrog (i.e., "Fort Ilim"). The town was the administrative center of a district (okrug) from 1764 to 1775, and had population of around 700 by the end of the 19th century.
Alexander Radishchev
Alexander Radishchev
Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with the publication in 1790 of his Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow...
was exiled to Ilimsk between 1792 and 1796. His wife had died, and her sister joined Radishchev in Ilimsk, bringing his younger childer with her. Later Radishchev married her, while still in Ilimsk.
After the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
of 1917, Ilimsk became a village (selo), and after the construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Dam on the Angara at Ust-Ilimsk
Ust-Ilimsk
Ust-Ilimsk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River. Population: 53,000 .-History:An ostrog was built on the present site of the town in the 17th century; however, the modern town was not founded until 1966, during the construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power...
(below the fall of the Ilim into the Angara), the site of the village was flooded by the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir in the mid-1970s.
Before the site was flooded, archaeological excavations were carried out in the village during 1967-75; the Spasskaya Tower and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan from the old ostrog (wooden fort) were taken apart and moved to the Taltsy Museum , an open-air museum of traditional architecture near Irkutsk
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
. In the early 2000s, an exact copy of another tower of the former Ilimsk ostrog and the southern wall of the fortress were built at the Taltsy site next to the buildings moved from Ilimsk, thus recreating a large portion of the historic fortified town within easy reach from Irkutsk.