Krasnoyarsk

[kras-nuh-yahrsk, kruh-snuh-yahrsk]

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

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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

Some officials rejected complaints, with one Krasnoyarsk bureaucrat suggesting remote workers who lost income should "go and work for the special military operation", as the war in Ukraine is known in Russia.

From BBC

He also suggested that Russia and the US could collaborate on aluminium production in Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, where one Russian aluminium maker, Rusal, has its largest smelters.

From BBC

In 2019 more than 15 gold miners were killed and dozens injured when a dam collapsed near their mine in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, flooding their accommodation.

From BBC

Two suspects have been arrested, one in northern Italy and another in Croatia, and another four are being sought for helping Artyom Uss, the 40-year-old son of the governor of Russia’s vast Krasnoyarsk region in eastern Siberia, to escape house arrest near Milan last March.

From Seattle Times