Facts About Krasnoyarsk:
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The Krasnoyarsk was founded on August 19, 1628
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The total area of the city, including the suburbs and the river, is 348 square kilometres.
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Krasnoyarsk is the third-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk.
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Krasnoyarsk is twinned with the following cities: Heihe, China; Binzhou, China; Istaravshan, Tajikistan; Mogilev, Belarus; Sault Ste. Marie, Canada; Daqing, China; Harbin, China; Ulan Bator, Mongolia; Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Oneonta, United States; Qiqihar, China; Cremona, Italy;
Unterschleißheim, Germany; Changchun, China & Žilina, Slovakia.
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The 2019 Winter Universiade was hosted by Krasnoyarsk in 2019.
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The population of Krasnoyarsk is 1.007 million, as of 2012.
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Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River.
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The Krasnoyarsk Kray occupies nearly one-seventh of the territory of the Russian Federation. It is a part of the Siberian Federal District and is the largest region of SFD.
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The Yenisey River flows through the city. The Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam, 20km upstream, prevents the river from freezing.
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Krasnoyarsk was originally called Krasny Yar, meaning “Beautiful Steep Bank”.