Lake Baikal Listvyanka & Krestovka
				Return to Lake Baikal page            Russia & Siberia trip gallery            Homepage Listvyanka and Krestovka are two villages on the Lake. Listvyanka, on the water, is the main destination for most visitors to the Lake from abroad because it is the nearest lakeside town to Irkutsk. Krestovka is set back from the shore.
		Typical of Siberian houses, painted wooden facades make up much of the two small towns:
		St. Nicolas church in Krestovka: