Zhigalovo

Zhigalovo

 

an urban-type settlement, the administrative center of Zhigalovo Raion, Irkutsk Oblast, RSFSR. A landing on the upper Lena River. Highways connect Zhigalovo with Irkutsk, 400 km away, and with the closest railway station, Zalari, 240 km away. Zhigalovo is a center for freight and passenger traffic down the Lena River and has a shipyard.