Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Krasnoyarsk (Russia). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel, Transfiguration Church, and Museum of local studies. Also, be sure to include Krasnoyarsk Bridge in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk).
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Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel
Also known as: Часовня Параскевы Пятницы
Chapel in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel is a Russian Orthodox Chapel, situated on the top of Karaulnaya Mountain, in Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is dedicated to Paraskevi of Iconium.[1]
Address: Ulitsa Stepana Razina, 51, 660043 Krasnoyarsk
Transfiguration Church
Also known as: Храм Преображения Господня
Building. The Transfiguration Church It is a Catholic church built in neo-Gothic style located in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It depends on the Diocese of Irkutsk and is located on the street 20 of the Decembrists.
The Catholic parish of Krasnoyarsk, which includes mostly people from Poland, was officially established on August 1, 1836, and then depends on the Archdiocese of Mogilev and St. Petersburg. The consistory Imperial Tomsk gave permission to this parish to build a new church in 1855, in the Street of the Annunciation, which was ready in 1857. It was made of wood and neo-Gothic style, with stucco decorations and inside walls white. It has a kind of organ "Melodikon". A new structure was built between 1908 and 1910.[2]
Address: Dekabristov St., 20, 660021 Krasnoyarsk
Museum of local studies
Museum
Address: 84 улица Дубровинского, Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk Bridge
Also known as: Железнодорожный мост через Енисей
Bridge. Krasnoyarsk Railway Bridge in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, carries the Krasnoyarsk Railway across the Yenisei River. It was originally a single-track truss bridge. The total length of the structure was 1 km, span width of 140 meters, the height of metal trusses in the vertex of the parabola was 20 meters.[3]
Trinity Cemetery
Cemetery
Centralnyj park
Relax in park, Park
Bazaikha
River in Russia. The Bazaikha is a river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is the third largest river in the Krasnoyarsk neighborhood after Yenisey and Mana. The name derived from the Kamassian bazaī-ďağa — iron river.
The length of the Bazaikha is 128 kilometres (80 mi) and the area of its basin is 21,700 square kilometres (8,400 sq mi).[4]
Afontova Gora
Also known as: Афонтова гора
Afontova Gora is a Late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Siberian complex of archaeological sites located on the left bank of the Yenisei River near the city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Afontova Gora has cultural and genetic links to the people from Mal'ta-Buret'. The complex was first excavated in 1884 by I. T. Savenkov.
Afontova Gora is a complex, consisting of multiple stratigraphic layers, of five or more campsites. The campsites shows evidence of mammoth hunting and were likely the result of an eastward expansion of mammoth hunters. The human fossils discovered at Afontova Gora were stored in the Hermitage Museum.[5]
Akademgorodok
Also known as: Академгородок
Bus stop in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Akademgorodok is a major scientific center of Siberia; located in the west of the city Krasnoyarsk. Built during the Soviet times, it was conceived as a healthier, privileged enclave for academics to live in, among trees and vegetation and outside of the dirtier industrial areas.[6]
Siberian State Aerospace University
Also known as: Сибирский государственный университет науки и технологий
University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Siberian State Aerospace University, previously known as Reshetnyov University or SibSAU, is a university in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation. Founded in 1960.[7]
Address: 31 проспект им. газеты Красноярский Рабочий, Krasnoyarsk
Siberian Federal University
Also known as: Сибирский федеральный университет
University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Siberian Federal University is a multidisciplinary university located in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, that combines fundamental and applied research and teaching.
It is the first federal university in Russia that attained the highest category of Russian educational and research institutions, along with the Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University.
The university holds top positions in Russian universities' rankings: 9th place (AA+) in the ARES-2020 Russian Universities Ranking; 12th — 14th place in the Total National Rating of Universities (rating is composed by Interfax and Echo of Moscow); 7th — 8th place in the section "Innovations and Entrepreneurship", 6th — 10th place in the section "Education". It was also awarded 4 stars in QS University Rating.
The Siberian Federal University was ranked #14 among Russian universities in the international rankings "Web of Science" (composed by Thomas Reuters) and "Ranking Web of World Universities".
The chairman of the university's board of trustees is Dmitry A. Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and the former President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
The Siberian Federal University participates in the international collaboration and integration into international research and education space.
The universities' fundamental and applied research is closely connected with Institutions of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences; many scienties from these institutions are professors and lecturers in the SibFU. The Siberian Federal University has its own large university press, which includes the Scientific Journal of the Siberian Federal University.
The university was established in 2006 by merging four large universities of Krasnoyarsk city that had been training professionals in the most competitive sectors of economy in Siberia and the Far East: Krasnoyarsk State University, Krasnoyarsk State Technical University, Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Architecture and Construction and Krasnoyarsk State University of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold.
Today Siberian Federal University is the largest higher educational institution in Siberia and consists of 19 institutes with more than 3,000 faculty staff teaching 41,000 students.[8]