Editing Irkutsk (section)

==Etymology==
Irkutsk was named after the [[Irkut River]]. Its name was derived from the [[Buryat language|Buryat]] word for "spinning," and was used as an ethnonym among local tribes, who were known as ''Yrkhu'', ''Irkit'', ''Irgit'', and ''Irgyt''. The city was formerly known as ''Yandashsky'', named after the local [[Tuvan people|Tuvan]] chief Yandasha Gorogi.<ref>Dameshek (2002), p. 16</ref>

The old spelling of the city's name was «Иркуцкъ». Before the revolution, the city was called "East Paris", "Siberian Petersburg", "Siberian Athens".