Today, I ordered the tickets for our flight to Moscow and the return flight from Irkutsk, both to Dusseldorf.
Dusseldorf is probably even more easier to reach than Schiphol and the tickets are cheaper, so we depart from Dusseldorf!
This also means that the timeframe is set:
Departure: Sunday the 9th of February 2014
Arrival: Friday the 28th of February 2014
We fly with Aeroflot in Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320, so no Tupolev's anymore....

We made arrangements with a guide in Irkutsk as well, so we now have a schedule to work from!
As soon as the Transsiberia Express ticket is reserved, I will give another update on our adventure trail...