It is Krasnoyarsk that is often rightfully called the pearl of Siberia. Industry, education, and the culture of all the vast territories surrounding this city are concentrated here. However, despite its industrial significance, it is also interesting from the point of view of domestic tourism – there is something to see, and to allocate for this event it is better to just a week, or even more.
Among all the ancient Siberian cities, it is the largest. The area of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is four times larger than the area of the whole of France. Prior to granting him the status of a city, Krasnoyarsk was first called Novokachinsky, and then the Big Prison. It is home to more than 2 times more people than in all of Malta. In 1841, all local residents were required by law to grow potatoes. Shirking from the potato sent to the city of Bobruisk. During Soviet times, the first casinos were opened here. And the income from them was transferred to orphanages.
In Krasnoyarsk, there is an amusing monument to a drunken man. Locals affectionately call him “Uncle Vasya”. The paper notes in the 10 rubles, almost disappeared from circulation after the release of coins of the same denomination, shows the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric station. He has repeatedly been recognized as the most comfortable Russian city. Once, a record low temperature was recorded in Krasnoyarsk – the thermometer dropped to -52.8 degrees. In the middle of the 18th century, the first meteorite in Russia was discovered in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which was named Pallas Iron in honor of the expedition leader.
There are about 150 fountains in the city. About 20% of all gold in Russia is mined here. Every year Krasnoyarsk universities train about 150 thousand students. One of the most recognizable natural sights of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is the famous pillars, rocks in the amount of more than a hundred pieces, towering in the middle of the taiga. They are about 370 million years old. The first buses rolled through the streets of this city back in 1928. Residents of Krasnoyarsk more than 20 times won the world championships in various types of motor sport. This, by the way, is a world record.
