Angarsk (Russian: Ангарск, IPA: [ɐnˈgarsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Angarsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kitoy River, 51 kilometers (32 mi) from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

[2] As a municipal division, the city of Angarsk and thirteen rural localities of Angarsky District are incorporated as Angarskoye Urban Okrug.

[16] On April 7, 2002, the position of the head of the Angarsk municipal entity (AMO) was taken by Yevgeny Kanukhin.

[20][21] In the summer of 2010, amendments were made to the AMO Charter, introducing the position of a city manager.

[22] The mayor of the municipal entity was no longer elected through direct popular vote but rather by a secret ballot among the AMO Duma deputies themselves.

Angarsk is also the site for a Nuclear Fuel Bank, following a decision by the IAEA in November 2009; working with Russia, IAEA established this bank to supply market priced fuel to member states as protection against possible supply disruptions.

[34] In 2005, Angarsk won the first prize in a nationwide contest for the fastest development of public utilities.

Trams, buses, and marshrutkas (routed taxis) are the main means of public transportation in the city.