Any fans of RISK out there?

It just so happened that on my Trans-Siberian trip, I stopped in Irkutsk, Russia. Now ordinarily I wouldn't think anything special of the place as I know nothing about it, but my Uncle Jack emailed me to say:

"I've been getting your emails and checking out your blog site - looks like you're having a great adventure! I thought Irkutsk was just someplace that they made up for the RISK game - I guess it really exists! ;-) "

Now I've only played RISK a few times & so I hadn't remembered that it was a place in the game (I do remember getting slaughtered when I did play). It kinda makes me want to play again now...