Kansk
Kansk
Канск | |
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Location of Kansk  | |
  Kansk Location of Kansk  Kansk Kansk (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 56°12′N 95°42′E / 56.200°N 95.700°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Founded | 1636 |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 663600–663619 |
| OKTMO ID | 04720000001 |
Kansk (Template:Lang-ru) is a town on the left bank of the Kan River in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: 103,000 (2002 Census);[3] 109,607 (1989 Soviet census).[4] It is home to the Kansk air base and is crossed by the Trans-Siberian railroad.
Founded in 1628 (in 1636 it was transferred to its current location) as a Russian fort, it is a centre of the Kansk-Achinsk lignite basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the Soviet Union. It also has cotton, timber hydrolysis, and food industries.
Known natives
- Pyotr Slovtsov - was a famous Russian tenor.
References
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
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