Irkutsk Oblast Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть eer-KOOTS-kuh-yuh OH-blust is a region in Eastern Siberia, which borders Krasnoyarsk region to the west, Evenkia to the northwest, Yakutia to the north, Zabaykalsky Krai to the northeast, Buryatia to the southeast, and Tuva to the southwest.