Icebreaker Angara Museum
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  Location within Irkutsk Oblast | |
| Established | March 1991 |
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| Location | Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates | 52°15′00.6″N 104°20′38.3″E / 52.250167°N 104.343972°E |
| Type | museum ship |
The Icebreaker Angara Museum is a museum in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
The museum was originally an icebreaker ordered from Sir V G Armstrong, Vitvort and Co. ship company in Newcastle, United Kingdom in 1898. On 1 August 1900, the ship was put into operation and operated in Lake Baikal.[1] It was used by the Soviet Union until 1949 before it underwent 11 years of reparation. In March 1991, the ship was turned into a museum.[2][3]
