- Joined
- Jun 27, 2012
Winter Universiade is taking place in Krasnoyarsk
... the oldest city in Siberia, settled around 1608, town established late 17th c, razed by fire and rebuilt late 18th along the style of StPB
...and the largest city in Central-Eastern Siberian, just over 1 million (in Siberia as a whole Novosibirsk is the largest at 1.6M and Omsk at 1.1M)
...by road from Moscow 4100 km, by air 3300 km, by road from Vladivostok 4200 km, by air 3000 km
...situated in the southern Taiga (boreal forest) where river plain, low plateau and a low mountain chain meet
...on the banks of the mighty Yenisei River (flows 4000 km from Mongolia to the Arctic Ocean) a huge generator of hydroelectricity
...tourists can take the river steamer from Krasnoyarsk to Noriilsk (Arctic), 2000 km, 8 days
...and then there's always the Trans-Siberian Express to hop on, east to Vladivostok or west to StPB
Chekhov visited in 1890 and wrote: "...Resting on that bank Krasnoyarsk is the best and most beautiful of all Siberian cities, while on the other bank the mountains reminding me of the Caucasus are just as smoky and dreamy."
Nansen visited in 1913 and wrote: "...We visited the city park which is recognised as the best in all of Siberia…The city’s streets are wide and straight, there are stone houses on the main streets, but most of the buildings are made out of wood. Krasnoyarsk is beautifully situated on the left bank of the Yenisei, in a valley surrounded by mountains..."
...Sofya Samodurova is from Krasnoyarsk. Another figure skating connection is the late Vladimir Krainev, known as a famous Russian pianist and musicologist, who was Tatyana Tarasova's husband.
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Thank you for this....Russia is so huge!!!
I loved Dmitri!
...and took it back too early...:hopelessness:
But I guess that means I have to cheer even more for my girl Shcherbakova
