Kansk

city Kansk Канск flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia region Krasnoyarsk Urban district Kansk mayor Andrei Sidelnikov Founded 1636 City since 1822 surface 92  km² population 94,226 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1024 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39161 Post Code 663600-663619 License Plate 24, 84, 88, 124 OKATO 04 420 Website www.gorodkansk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 12 '  N , 95 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 12 '0 "  N , 95 ° 42' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Krasnoyarsk Territory

List of cities in Russia

Kansk ( Russian Канск ) is a Russian city ​​with 94,226 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia .

geography

Kansk is located on the left bank of the Yenisei -Zuflusses Kan , at kilometer 4344 of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the 992 kilometers of the highway M53 . The distance to the regional capital Krasnoyarsk is almost 250 km to the west; the nearest town is Ilansky , 22 km east of Kansk.

history

The city is considered one of the older Siberian cities: It was built in 1636, originally as a wooden fortress (also called Ostrog ) to protect against possible Kyrgyz attacks. Until the middle of the 18th century, Kansk, whose name was based on the Kan River, was mainly considered a Cossack settlement and was repeatedly devastated during attacks.

Around 1740, the so-called Siberian tract was relocated through Kansk, which at the time was the only continuously passable connection road from Moscow to Siberia. This promoted the development of trade, but also made Kansk a place of exile, where people condemned to katorga were also sent. This fact continued into the 20th century, when Kansk was also used as a location for Gulag penal camps.

In 1822 Kansk received city rights and was an important trading center in the Krasnoyarsk region until the beginning of the 20th century. From this period, parts of the old town with former trading buildings and merchants' houses have been preserved in Kansk. From the 1940s, when several companies evacuated from European Russia as a result of the Second World War were set up in Kansk, Kansk turned into an industrial city.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7,537
1939	41,584
1959	82,662
1970	94,680
1979	100,558
1989	109,607
2002	103,000
2010	94.226

Note: census data

economy

There are mechanical engineering, timber and textile industries in the city, many of which were closed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Today wood processing and food production play an economic role in Kansk. There are several garrisons and military training areas in the vicinity of Kansk .

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexandra Ijewlewa (* 1987), figure skater
• Sergei Korastylew (* 1989), biathlete

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Kansk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the city of Kansk (Russian)
• Kansk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)