KRASNOYARSK

krasnoyarsk, a town of eastern siberia, capital of the government of yeniseisk, on the left bank of the yenisei river, at its confluence with the kacha, and on the highway from moscow to irkutsk, 670 m. by rail n.w. from the latter. pop. (1900), 33,337. it has a municipal museum and a railway technical school. it was founded by cossacks in 1628, and during the early years of its existence it was more than once besieged by the tatars and the kirghiz. its commercial importance depends entirely upon the gold-washings of the yeniseisk district. brick-making, soap-boiling, tanning and iron-founding are carried on. the climate is very cold, but dry. the yenisei river is frozen here for 160 days in the year.