Minusinsk

Minusinsk (English) Минусинск (Russian)
-  Town[citation needed]  -
Location of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia
Minusinsk Location of Minusinsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 53°42′N 91°41′E / 53.7°N 91.683°E / 53.7; 91.683Coordinates: 53°42′N 91°41′E / 53.7°N 91.683°E / 53.7; 91.683
	Coat of arms
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Minusinsk Urban Okrug[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	71,171 inhabitants[1]
- Rank in 2010	220th
Population (2002 Census)	72,561 inhabitants[2]
- Rank in 2002	215th
Time zone	KRAST (UTC+08:00)[3]

Minusinsk Steppe, by Vasily Surikov

Minusinsk (Russian: Минуси́нск) is a historic town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Minusinsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population: 71,171 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 72,561 (2002 Census);^[2] 72,942 (1989 Census);^[4] 44,500 (1973).

Minusinsk marks the center of the Minusinsk Depression, probably the most important archaeological area north of Pazyryk. It is associated with the Afanasevo, Tashtyk, and Tagar cultures—all of them named after settlements in the vicinity of Minusinsk.

The Russian settlement of Minyusinskoye (Минюсинское) was founded in 1739, at the confluence of the Minusa River with the Yenisei. The Turkic Min Usa means "my brook",^[5] or "thousand rivers".^[6] The name transformed to Minusinskoye (Минусинское) in 1810.

By 1822, the settlement had emerged as a regional center of farming and transit trade and was incorporated as the town of Minusinsk. During the 19th century, it was a node of cultural activities for a very large area. The Martyanov Natural History Museum was opened there in 1877.^{[citation needed]}

The town was also a place of political exile. Vladimir Lenin used to visit Minusinsk on numerous occasions when he was in exile in the nearby village of Shushenskoye between 1897 and 1900. During the Russian Civil War, Minusinsk was the setting of the Minusinsk Rebellion in 1918.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
3. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
4. ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
5. ^ "Мой Красноярск [My Krasnoyarsk]" (in Russian). Krasnoyarsk Administration/Siberian Federal University Internet Center. http://region.krasu.ru/cities/minusinsk. Retrieved 2009-08-24. 
6. ^ "Минусинск [Minusinsk]" (in Russian). Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России (The People's Encyclopedia of cities and regions of Russia). http://rfdata.al.ru/auto/city/13/559.HTM. Retrieved 2009-08-24.