Kansk
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Kansk is a town on the left bank of the Kan River in Krasnoyarsk Krai
, Russia
. Population:
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 center 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.
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Population:
It is home to the Kansk air base
Kansk (air base)
Kansk is an air base in Russia located 9 km south of Kansk. It is a fighter base with about 10 remote revetments.Up until 2009, Kansk was home to the 712 IAP flying MiG-17 aircraft during the 1970s, MiG-25, Su-15 aircraft during the 1980s and MiG-31 aircraft during the 1990s...
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 center of the Kansk-Achinsk lignite basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. It also has cotton, timber hydrolysis, and food industries.