Krasnoyarsk
(КРАСНОЯРСК)
the largest cultural, economic, industrial, and educational center of Central and Eastern Siberia, the capital of Krasnoyarsk krai (the second largest region in Russia). It is the largest of the ancient cities of Siberia. The population of Krasnoyarsk is about 1,052,000 (2015), the area - 386 sq. km. Krasnoyarsk was founded by the Cossacks headed by Andrey Dubensky in 1628 as a military settlement in the place of the confluence of the Kacha and Yenisei rivers. Krasnoyarsk became a town in 1690, when Siberia was finally annexed to Russia. In 1708, the town population was about 800 people. It began to grow rapidly after the Siberian Road was constructed in 1735. In 1773, after a major fire, only thirty houses remained in Krasnoyarsk. The new linear layout of the town of St. Petersburg type was developed. The town served as one of the places of exile. Eight Decembrists were exiled to Krasnoyarsk after the uprising was suppressed. Further development of Krasnoyarsk was due to gold-fields found in the region, and the railway constructed in 1895. In Soviet times, Krasnoyarsk was one of the largest cities in Siberia and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Krasnoyarsk is a large scientific, educational and sports center of Russia. The Siberian Federal University has more than forty thousand students. It is the place, where West Siberian Plain, Middle Siberian Plateau, and Altay-Sayany Mountains come together. This city is a developed industrial center. The main industries are aerospace industry, ferrous metallurgy, machine building, wood processing, transportation, chemical, food, retail and wholesale services. Krasnoyarsk is known for a large number of fountains (over two hundred) and sculptures. The main attractions of Krasnoyarsk: State Nature Reserve “Stolby” - the hallmark of the city; Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel - a monument of architecture and history. It is one of the symbols of Krasnoyarsk shown on a ten rubles banknote; Krasnoyarsk Bridge - a railway bridge over the Yenisei River. In 1900, this bridge, along with the Eiffel Tower, was awarded the Grand Prix and Gold Medal of the World Exhibition in Paris - “For the architectural excellence and superior workmanship”; Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station - the most powerful hydroelectric station in Russia, located in Divnogorsk, the suburb of Krasnoyarsk; Communal Bridge over the Yenisei River (1961) shown on a ten rubles banknote; Krasnoyarsk Central Stadium (1967) - one of the best works of Soviet architecture. Source: http://russiatrek.org
the largest cultural, economic, industrial, and educational center of Central and Eastern Siberia, the capital of Krasnoyarsk krai (the second largest region in Russia). It is the largest of the ancient cities of Siberia. The population of Krasnoyarsk is about 1,052,000 (2015), the area - 386 sq. km. Krasnoyarsk was founded by the Cossacks headed by Andrey Dubensky in 1628 as a military settlement in the place of the confluence of the Kacha and Yenisei rivers. Krasnoyarsk became a town in 1690, when Siberia was finally annexed to Russia. In 1708, the town population was about 800 people. It began to grow rapidly after the Siberian Road was constructed in 1735. In 1773, after a major fire, only thirty houses remained in Krasnoyarsk. The new linear layout of the town of St. Petersburg type was developed. The town served as one of the places of exile. Eight Decembrists were exiled to Krasnoyarsk after the uprising was suppressed. Further development of Krasnoyarsk was due to gold-fields found in the region, and the railway constructed in 1895. In Soviet times, Krasnoyarsk was one of the largest cities in Siberia and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Krasnoyarsk is a large scientific, educational and sports center of Russia. The Siberian Federal University has more than forty thousand students. It is the place, where West Siberian Plain, Middle Siberian Plateau, and Altay-Sayany Mountains come together. This city is a developed industrial center. The main industries are aerospace industry, ferrous metallurgy, machine building, wood processing, transportation, chemical, food, retail and wholesale services. Krasnoyarsk is known for a large number of fountains (over two hundred) and sculptures. The main attractions of Krasnoyarsk: State Nature Reserve “Stolby” - the hallmark of the city; Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel - a monument of architecture and history. It is one of the symbols of Krasnoyarsk shown on a ten rubles banknote; Krasnoyarsk Bridge - a railway bridge over the Yenisei River. In 1900, this bridge, along with the Eiffel Tower, was awarded the Grand Prix and Gold Medal of the World Exhibition in Paris - “For the architectural excellence and superior workmanship”; Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station - the most powerful hydroelectric station in Russia, located in Divnogorsk, the suburb of Krasnoyarsk; Communal Bridge over the Yenisei River (1961) shown on a ten rubles banknote; Krasnoyarsk Central Stadium (1967) - one of the best works of Soviet architecture. Source: http://russiatrek.org
Stolby National Park
founded to study the natural processes in the region. The park has very varied nature and a lot of species of plants and animals. It is a truly clean and pleasant place. The main attraction of the park are its cliffs that have strange curved forms, as if they were worked on by water. Because of the peculiar landscape Stolby became the local center of cliff-climbing. The original way of cliff-climbing invented by local sportsmen (called "Stolbisty") was acclaimed worldwide. The Stolby National Nature Reserve is located at the border between the northwestern offshoots of the Eastern Sayan mountains and the Central Siberian Plateau, where the plateau joins the West-Siberian Plain and the Altay-Sayan Mountains. The reserve is naturally bounded by the right tributaries of the Yenisey River (the Bazaiha River on the northeast, the Mana and Bolshaya Slizneva rivers on the south and south-west) and approaches the outskirts of Krasnoyarsk city in the northeast. The reserve is known for 100m deep karst caves but is especially famous as a site where about a hundred rocks are scattered amid the taiga. The rocks are 60-90 m high, occasionally over 90 m. The unique position of the reserve at the junction of three different geographical and floristic provinces (forested steppe in the Krasnoyarsk region, mountain taiga in the Eastern Sayans, and taiga in the Central Siberian Plateau) accounts for the high diversity of its fauna and flora. The flora counts up to 1037 species including 260 species of mosses. More than 150 species are under special protection. Eight basic tree species are represented mainly by pines (41%) and firs (28%). Animals (58 species) are represented mainly by species typical of southeastern Siberia, such as wolf, bear, glutton, hear, Siberian deer, musk deer, etc. Moreover, sables and two imported species of mink and musk-rat were successfully reacclimatized and acclimatized in the 1950s. The 199 species of birds include tomtit, nuthatch, waxwing, redpoll, hazel-hen, nutcracker, woodpecker, blue nightingale, chaffinch, etc. Source: www.legendtour.ru
founded to study the natural processes in the region. The park has very varied nature and a lot of species of plants and animals. It is a truly clean and pleasant place. The main attraction of the park are its cliffs that have strange curved forms, as if they were worked on by water. Because of the peculiar landscape Stolby became the local center of cliff-climbing. The original way of cliff-climbing invented by local sportsmen (called "Stolbisty") was acclaimed worldwide. The Stolby National Nature Reserve is located at the border between the northwestern offshoots of the Eastern Sayan mountains and the Central Siberian Plateau, where the plateau joins the West-Siberian Plain and the Altay-Sayan Mountains. The reserve is naturally bounded by the right tributaries of the Yenisey River (the Bazaiha River on the northeast, the Mana and Bolshaya Slizneva rivers on the south and south-west) and approaches the outskirts of Krasnoyarsk city in the northeast. The reserve is known for 100m deep karst caves but is especially famous as a site where about a hundred rocks are scattered amid the taiga. The rocks are 60-90 m high, occasionally over 90 m. The unique position of the reserve at the junction of three different geographical and floristic provinces (forested steppe in the Krasnoyarsk region, mountain taiga in the Eastern Sayans, and taiga in the Central Siberian Plateau) accounts for the high diversity of its fauna and flora. The flora counts up to 1037 species including 260 species of mosses. More than 150 species are under special protection. Eight basic tree species are represented mainly by pines (41%) and firs (28%). Animals (58 species) are represented mainly by species typical of southeastern Siberia, such as wolf, bear, glutton, hear, Siberian deer, musk deer, etc. Moreover, sables and two imported species of mink and musk-rat were successfully reacclimatized and acclimatized in the 1950s. The 199 species of birds include tomtit, nuthatch, waxwing, redpoll, hazel-hen, nutcracker, woodpecker, blue nightingale, chaffinch, etc. Source: www.legendtour.ru