Fainberg House

The Fainberg Apartment Building in Irkutsk was built in 1900–1902 according to a design that included a residential house, stone shops, and service buildings, and it is distinguished by a complex corner composition on a cramped plot. In 1902–1905, the railway construction management was located here, and in 1906–1918, it housed the headquarters of the Irkutsk Military District, where military commanders Sergey Lazo and Alexander Taube worked. From 1923 to 1951, the local history museum department was located in the building. In 1873, the merchant of the first guild, Isay Matveevich Fainberg, acquired the estate on this site.