Yeniseysk (p=jɪnʲɪˈsʲejsk) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. Population: 20,000 (1970).
History
Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a
town—the first town on the Yenisei River.
It played an important role in Russian
colonization of East
Siberia in the 17th–18th centuries. Its location is due to the Siberian River Routes from the Urals, up the Ob, up the Ket River and over a portage to Yeniseysk and from there to the Yenisei basin. It became less important due to road and rail building further south. Its old town is included by the Russian government in the country's tentative World Heritage List.
In 2006 a memorial was erected in the town cemetery to those shot and buried there, especially during the
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Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeniseysk serves as the administrative center of Yeniseysky District, even though it is not a part of it.
[Law #10-4765] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the
krai town of Yeniseysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the krai town of Yeniseysk is incorporated as
Yeniseysk Urban Okrug.
[Law #12-2378]
Transportation
The town is served by the Yeniseysk Airport.
Geography
Climate
Yeniseysk has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification
Dfc), with long, severely cold winters and short, warm summers. Precipitation is moderate, and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year. Being less affected by the dry
Siberian High in winter than areas farther east, Yeniseysk has reliably high snowfall by Siberian standards with a total of of precipitation between October and April, although on average not very high amounts compared to cold climates close to oceans.
Notable people
Semyon Dezhnev (served in Yeniseysk in early 1630s) explorer from the Pyotr Beketov's Cossack detachment
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