Kansk

Kansk

Kansk ( _ru. Канск) is a town on the left bank of Kan River in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: ru-census2002|103000|; su-census1989|109607|. It is home to Kansk air base and is crossed by the Trans-Siberian railroad.

Founded in 1640 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.

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* [http://kansk.by.ru/ Kansk portal] ru icon


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