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KRASNOYARSK , a See also: town of Eastern See also: Siberia, capital of the See also: government of See also: Yeniseisk, on the See also: left See also: bank of the See also: Yenisei See also: River, at its confluence with the Kacha, and on the See also: highway from Moscow to See also: Irkutsk, 67o m. by See also: rail N.W. from the latter
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Pop
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(Igoo), 33,337• It has a municipal museum and a railway technical school
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It was founded by Cossacks in 1628, and during the early years of its existence it was more than once besieged by the Tatars and the See also: Kirghiz
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Its• commercial importance depends entirely upon the gold-washings of the Yeniseisk See also: district
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Brick-making, See also: soap-boiling, tanning and iron-founding are carried on
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The See also: climate is very cold, but dry
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The Yenisei River is frozen here for 16o days in the See also: year
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