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Town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Kansk Канск
Town[1]
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Coordinates: 56°12′N 95°43′E / 56.200°N 95.717°E / 56.200; 95.717
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Founded 1628
Town status since 1782
Elevation 200 m (660 ft)
Population (2010 Census)[2]
• Total 94,226
• Estimate (2025)[3] 85,182 (−9.6%)
• Rank 182nd in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to krai town of Kansk[1]
• Capital of krai town of Kansk,[1] Kansky District[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug Kansk Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of Kansk Urban Okrug,[4] Kansky Municipal District[5]
Time zone UTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal codes[7] 660861, 663600–663602, 663604–663606, 663609, 663610, 663612–663615, 663619
Dialing code +7 39161
OKTMO ID 04720000001
Website kansk-adm.ru

Kansk (Russian: Канск) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on both banks of the Kan River. Population: 94,226 (2010 census);[2] 103,000 (2002 census);[8] 109,607 (1989 Soviet census).[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±%
1897 7,537 —
1926 19,000 +152.1%
1939 41,584 +118.9%
1959 82,662 +98.8%
1970 94,680 +14.5%
1979 100,558 +6.2%
1989 109,607 +9.0%
2002 103,000 −6.0%
2010 94,226 −8.5%
2021 86,816 −7.9%
Source: Census data

History and economy

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Founded in 1628 as a Russian fort, it was transferred to its current location in 1636 and granted town status in 1782.[_citation needed_]

There was a branch of the Krasnoyarsk camp complex in Kansk from 1938 onwards. The burial ground of those who died there, and of those who were executed or died in Kansk prison, is today covered by new buildings.[10] Many of those shot during the Great Terror were buried in the Kan-Perevoznesenskoe cemetery.[11]

The town 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.[_citation needed_]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kansk serves as the administrative center of Kansky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the krai town of Kansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the krai town of Kansk is incorporated as Kansk Urban Okrug.[4]

The town is home to the Kansk air base and it is crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway.[_citation needed_]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #10-4765
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, April 25, 2025, Wikidata Q133797648
  4. ^ a b c Law #12-2372
  5. ^ Law #13-3015
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). 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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ 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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ https://en.mapofmemory.org/24-40
  11. ^ https://en.mapofmemory.org/24-39