Map of Krasnoyarsk Territory

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“Norilsky Nikel”

The copper-nickel deposits in Taimyr have been known since the 17th century, however, a mining and metallurgical enterprise began to be built there only in 1935. The discovery of the richest deposits in the area has brought it to the world level. In 2004 the enterprise produced 20% of the total world output of nickel. In 2005 “Norilsky nikel” took 396th place in the FT Global 500 – the rating of the 500 biggest companies of the world compiled by the British “Financial Times”.

Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Plant

This is the world's and Russia's second largest aluminium plant. It accounts for 27% of the total Russian and 3% of the world's aliminium output. The plant was commissioned in 1964, survived the “aluminium wars” of the late 1990s, and in 2000 became part of the “Rusal” Co. Last year KrAZ produced more than 930,000 tons of aluminium.

The Tunguska Meteoirite

On June 30, 1908, there was a giant explosion in the vicinity of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River (Evenkia). By certain estimates, it was 2,000 times more powerful than the atomic explosion over Hiroshima in 1945. Although the explosion is usually explained by falling down a huge meteorite, no fragments of any celestial body have been found.

“Biryusa” Fridges

In Soviet time fridges and freezers of the “Biryusa” trade mark, named in honour of the Siberian river, could be found in practically every home. The factory turning out these fridges was commissioned in Krasnoyarsk in 1963, and ten years later the number of the fridges and freezers produced reached 580,000. Some of them have been exported to East and West European countries under the trade mark “Snowcap”.

Shushenskoye Settlement

The village of Shusha was founded by Russian Cossacks in 1744. In the 19th century the village became a place for political exile. Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) was exiled there for three years from 1897 to 1900. He finished his work “The Development of Capitalism in Russia” and married Nadezhda Krupskaya in Shushenskoye.

The Reserve “Krasnoyarsk Pillars”

This is a unique natural reserve and one of the most favourite places of local people. The rocks of the most intricate and whimsical forms due to winds, frosts and heat waves relate to the Cambric period (600 million years B.C.). This is borne out by their names: “Monk”, “Big Eagle”, “Lion Gate”, “Griffon”, “Feathers”, etc. This place is also a training ground for mountain-climbers.

Krasnoyarsk Hydropower Plant

The damming of the Yenisei, one of the mightiest rivers of Russia, for the purpose of building a hydropower plant during the 1960s became a spectacular event. The commissioning of the Krasnoyarsk hydropower plant, the USSR's biggest at the time (its capacity was 6,000 MVt) in 1972 was a prologue for building a more powerful, Sayano-Sushenskoye hydropower plant, also on the Yenisei.