I tried to get a sense of the wonder of Baikal,
but its majesty was just too great for words to fit it all

Kenton M. Stewart

The museum icebreaker "Angara" - the only thing from the first courts of icebreaking type which has remained up to now. The Russian government at the end of 1898 in England in «Sir VG Armstrong» company registered the order for its construction. 

The cost of the icebreaker was 770704 rub. Vessel displacement - 1400 t. Car power of the icebreaker was 1250 l. forces. The exposition consists of two complexes: "Navigation history on the Lake Baikal" and “History of the Angara ice breaker»