Irkutsk

Russia

Description

Irkutsk was named after the Irkut River, whose name was derived from the Buryat word for "spinning" and was used as an ethnonym among local tribes as Yrkhu, Irkit, Irgit, and Irgyt. The city was formerly known as "Yandashsky" after the local Tuvan chief Yandasha Gorogi. [Source Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkutsk,_Russia).