Россия на дореволюционных фотографиях. Прогулка по Большой улице (Улица Карла Маркса) Иркутск 1876-1916 Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs A walk along Bolshaya Street (Karl Marx Street) Irkutsk 1876-1916 Music: Balalaika Spokoynaya by Aleksey Arkipovsky. Bolshaya Street, now called Karl Marx Street is one of the major thoroughfares through the heart of the Siberian city of Irkutsk. I have walked along this street and a number of the buildings form the pre-revolution times still exist.