Krasnoyarsk Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Krasnoyarsk (English) Красноярск (Russian)
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Krasnoyarsk Railstation

Coat of arms	Flag
City Day	Second Sunday of June
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai
Administratively subordinated to	krai city of Krasnoyarsk
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Krasnoyarsk Urban Okrug
Head	Sergey Yeryomin
Representative body	City Council of Deputies
Statistics
Area	348 km² (134 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	973,826 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010	14th
Population (2017 est.)	1,083,865 inhabitants
Density	2,798/km² (7,247/sq mi)
Time zone	KRAT (UTC+08:00)
Founded	August 19, 1628
City status since	1690
Dialing code(s)	+7 391
Official website: http://www.admkrsk.ru

Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk, with a population of 1,035,528 as of the 2010 Census. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of aluminium.

The city is known for its nature landscapes; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia.