Kansk (russian: Канск) is a

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Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Si ...

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, located on both banks of the

Kan River The Kan (russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is long and drains a basin of . Its valley forms the southern boundary of the Yenisey Range.

. Population:

History and economy

Founded in 1628 as a Russian fort, it was transferred to its current location in 1636 and granted town status in 1782. The town is a center of the Kansk-Achinsk lignite basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the

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. It also has cotton, timber, hydrolysis, and food industries.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kansk serves as the

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of Kansky 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 Kansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, the krai town of Kansk is incorporated as Kansk Urban Okrug.Law #12-2372

Miscellaneous

The town is home to the Kansk air base and it is crossed by the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...

Notable people

* Pyotr Slovtsov, tenor * Sasha Trautvein, mode

References

Kansk – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

Notes

Sources

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External links

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Official website of Kansk

Kansk Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Krasnoyarsk Krai Yeniseysk Governorate