Conversion of the Kedr distillery into a creative cluster

The author considers the reasons for degradation of the territory of Kedr distillery in Irkutsk and possibilities of preservation of the abandoned territory and transformation of a rare historical and town-planning industrial complex of the Baikal Region. The potential of the territory of the distillery and the Znamensky district is revealed through the formation of a single public centre for the development of creative industries in Irkutsk.