Krasnoyarsk is an administrative center in the East Siberian region of Russia with the population more than 3 million people. The city is divided by the Yenesei River into two parts.
Krasnoyarsk is one of the earliest settlements of Siberia. It was founded as a fort in 1628 by Cossack Andrey Dubenskiy. It was a wooden fortress with a wall with five towers. For 100 years Krasnoyarsk played the role of frontier advanced post. During its existence it was never conquered. When Siberia was finally joined to Russia in1690 the fortress officially received the status of a town.
The extension of the Great Siberian Post Road in 1735 stimulated futher development of the city. Gold discovery and the arrival of the Trans-Siberian Railroad accelerated Krasnoyarsk growth.
In 1934 the Yenesei province was reorganized into Krasnoyarsk Territory and Krasnoyarsk became its administrative center.
In 1960 one of the largest hydropower stations was built here.
Today there are more than 150 enterprises in Krasnoyarsk. The Krasnoyarsk Territory is very rich in raw material areas. There are plants producing chemicals, aluminium, wood products and synthetic rubber .
Many well-known in Russia people were born in Krasnoyarsk. Nowadays Kransoyarsk is a cultural center with eight theaters, five museums, a hundred public libraries and sixty seven clubs.
The Kransoyarks region attracts by its nature which includes several zones such as tundra, taiga and arctic desert. Ist fauna consists of great number spices of birds and mammals. The climate here is not as severe as in Taimir. During the summer the temperature rises up to +30C degree, but in the winter it drops to -30C degree.
Here you will have a chance to enjoy the natural environment of the region.