Babr (lat. Felis Tigris) - the name of the Ussuri or Amur tiger in the Yakut language [source not specified 257 days]. How heraldic figure existed since 1642 on the arms of the city of Yakutsk, transfer voevodcheskoy Siberian capital this heraldic symbol from February 18, 1690 migrated to Irkutsk. With a break in the arms used Irkutsk, Irkutsk province, Irkutsk region and the Irkutsk region.