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Krasnoyarsk

American  
[kras-nuh-yahrsk, kruh-snuh-yahrsk] / ˈkræs nəˌjɑrsk, krə snʌˈjɑrsk /

noun

  1. a territory of the Russian Federation in N and central Asia. 827,507 sq. mi. (2,143,243 sq. km).

  2. a town in and the capital of this territory, on the Yenisei River.


Krasnoyarsk British  
/ krəsnaˈjarsk /

noun

  1. a city in E central Russia, on the Yenisei River: the country's largest hydroelectric power station is nearby. Pop: 912 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At just 19, the native of Krasnoyarsk had already reached the quarters and semis in Paris, only to be undone by nerves on the biggest stage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

In Krasnoyarsk, a city of more than a million people in Siberia, mobile internet vanished citywide for three days in July and still works poorly.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2025

Artyom Uss, the 40-year-old son of the governor of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia, was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul in October 2022.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2023

The worst-hit areas are the vast Yakutia region, also called the Sakha Republic, followed by the Khabarovsk, Amur and Krasnoyarsk regions,

From Reuters Aug. 9, 2023

I hoped we would be somewhere near Krasnoyarsk, closer to Papa.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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