In 1722, the first Orthodox Church of the Savior appeared in the village.

In the 1740s, the Siberian tract was laid through the prison, thanks to which trade began to develop and a post office appeared.

In 1782 the settlement was transformed into the city of Kansk. At the end of 1822, the city received the status of the center of the Kansk district of the Yenisei province.

In the middle of the 19th century, trade in yuft leather and gold mining flourished in Kansk. In 1861, a tannery, a soap-making factory and two fat-burning factories were already operating in the city.

In 1911, the first cinema for 300 spectators was opened. From 1925 to 1930, the settlement was the district center of the Kansk District of the Siberian Territory, and 4 years later the regional center of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

During the Great Patriotic War the city received a large number of evacuated textile enterprises. During these years, 12 hospitals were opened, a cotton mill and a hydrolysis plant were built.

In 1960, large-scale construction of residential buildings and social and administrative buildings began in Kansk.

Industrial enterprises of the city: distillery, building structures plant, Kanskaya CHPP, light metal structures plant, plant for the production of polymer packaging materials, plant for the assembly of combines.

The city has Krasnoyarsk time. The difference with Moscow time is +2 hours msk + 2.

The telephone code of Kansk is 39161. The postal code is 663600.

Climate and weather

A sharply continental climate prevails in Kansk. Winters are quite long and harsh, while summers are warm and short.

The warmest month is July - the average temperature is +19.1 degrees. The coldest January - an average temperature of -19.4 degrees.

The average annual rainfall is 525 mm.

The total population of Kansk for 2016-2017

Population data were obtained from the State Statistics Service. Graph of changes in the number of citizens over the past 10 years.

The total number of residents for 2017 is 90 thousand people.

The data on the graph shows a significant drop in the population from 100,300 people in 2007 to 90,231 people in 2017.

As of January 2016, according to the number of inhabitants, Kansk occupied the 190th place out of 1112 cities of the Russian Federation.

sights

1.Kanskaya palm alley - an art object was opened in Kansk in 2008. The opening of the alley is timed to coincide with one of the non-format film festivals.

2. The Royal Gates Triumphal Arch - the building was opened in 2006 on the day of the 370th anniversary of the city.

3.Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity - this Orthodox church was built in 1804. In 1912, the reconstruction of the cathedral was carried out.

4. Drama Theater - a cultural institution was founded in 1907. Over the years of the theater's operation, viewers have seen more than 700 plays and tens of thousands of performances.

Transport

On the territory of Kansk there are four railway stations connecting the city with Taishet, Krasnoyarsk, Zheleznogorsk, Nizhneudinsk, Achinsk, Ilanskiy, Nizhniy Ingash.

Public transport consists of buses and minibuses.

From the bus station of the city there are bus routes to Krasnoyarsk, Bratsk, Ilansky, Nizhny Ingash, Nizhnyaya Poyma,

General information and history

Kansk is located in the south Krasnoyarsk Territory, is the capital of the Cannes region. The area of ​​the city is 96.3 km².

In 1628, the Kansk small prison appeared, located 43 km from the territory of the modern city. Was postponed eight years later. Its function was to repel the raids of the Yenisei Kyrgyz. At the beginning of the next century, twenty Cossack families moved to Kansk from Krasnoyarsk. Seven years later, 126 men lived in the prison. By 1735, the territory of the fort was enlarged, and in addition to the Cossacks, artisans, peasants and merchants began to live in it.

A few years later, the Siberian highway passed through Kansk and peasants began to be exiled there. In 1822 Kansk became a district town. The infrastructure has developed and the population has exceeded a thousand people. In the 1860s, industry appeared in Kansk; by the end of the century, several churches and a bank were functioning. During the First World War, a prisoner of war camp operated in the city, where six thousand people were kept.

V Civil war partisans were active in Kansk. In 1934, Kansk became the regional center of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

During the Second World War, several were evacuated here industrial enterprises... Plus, a hydrolysis plant and a cotton mill were built at the same time. There were twelve hospitals in operation.

Population of Kansk for 2018 and 2019. Number of inhabitants of Kansk

The city's population figures are taken from federal service state statistics. The official website of the Rosstat service is www.gks.ru. The data were also taken from the unified interdepartmental information and statistical system, the official website of EMISS www.fedstat.ru. The site has published data on the number of residents of Kansk. The table shows the distribution of the number of residents of Kansk by year, the graph below shows the demographic trend in different years.

The graph of the population change in Kansk:

The total population in 2015 was about 91.6 thousand. According to this indicator, the city took the fourth place in the region - after its capital, Norilsk and Achinsk. The population density is 951.8 people / km².

Nationally, most of the townspeople are Russians.

Ethno-burial: kanets, kanka, kantsy.

Kansk city photo. Photo of Kansk

Information about the city of Kansk in Wikipedia.

City walks - 14

Meet the next edition of our walks together with Igor Aleksandrovich Matveev, an honorary resident of Kansk, a city connoisseur, with whom "KV" makes walking tours of the past of Kansk.

First arch

We started this walk from the city center and headed towards the right bank. First of all, we stopped near the place where the triumphal arch was once built. The same arch, a copy of which now stands on the other bank of the Caen, on Predmostnaya Square. And before it was located exactly here, on Getoeva Street, at the intersection with Naberezhnaya Street.

Let us recall this story: in 1891 in Kansk, preparations were made for the arrival of Tsarevich Nicholas. The heir to the Russian throne was returning from the east after a visit to Japan. So they decided to build an arch, which, according to the first project, was supposed to be wooden. They say that local merchants and the mayor decided to build a stone arch after all. But by this time the drawings of the wooden arch had come. And even the governor protested against the stone. But the result is still a gorgeous stone arch. In May, the construction was completed, and in June Nikolai Alexandrovich drove through Kansk.

The Arc de Triomphe was destroyed in the 30s of the twentieth century. And the reasons were not only ideological. The fact is that the road passed through the arch, and if horse-drawn vehicles could still follow under it, then the automobile could no longer fit under the arch.

The arch stood on a hillock. I remember the flood of 1947, May 1st. Then the water reached this hillock and splashed everywhere here.

Ostrog of Kansky

In this place, where the channel flows and the island is formed, the Kansky prison was located, the first structure from which our city began. By the way, the channel was not as shabby as it is now. Mom recalled that they went to swim on this river. At first there was, however, one more prison - on the other side of the Kahn, the very first. But then the Cossacks and pioneers decided to move the prison to this bank of the Cana. The jail stood among meadows and small lakes, it was convenient to keep cattle here and close to the river.

The relocation of the prison is due to the fact that the construction of the Moscow highway began. And Kansk began to develop on this bank of the river.

One of the main reasons is that the city center has moved where the water did not reach during the floods.

Getoeva street

Private buildings were located on both sides of the street. If on the left side there are still old houses, then on the right there is a residential neighborhood. Back in the 80s, there were also huts and fences here.

Today we do not have a civilized walking road from one coast to the other. Especially now, in the spring. It would be nice to have an alley and a pedestrian road here! Planting birches is very beautiful and would not cost a lot of money. To attract to work, for example, schoolchildren, enthusiasts.

This old brick building may have been a shop. Until now, the bricks show that there was a large wide entrance. In general, massive stone buildings began to be built in the 50s of the last century. On the one hand, they were built in connection with the appearance of a cotton mill in the city, on the other hand, a hydrolysis plant. First, factory buildings were built, followed by residential buildings.

Blacksmith rows

A settlement began to be built around the prison. Later, the blacksmith ranks arose. The streets were called like this: First Forge, Second Forge. Getoev Street used to be called Kuznechnaya Street. It was a kind of industrial area of ​​the future city. There were many smithies here. Everything was made - from shovels to horse harness and horseshoes for horses. They made sleighs, carts, and so on.

In wartime, my grandfather and I went here - there was a small mill.

Duct

I remember very well that there was no vegetation at all along the banks of the channel and Kahn. We used to go as boys to this island, formed between the Kan and the channel, fishing, swimming. Vegetation was not observed here, because cows and other animals ate everything that grew. When the cattle and poultry were no longer kept, no one plucked the grass and shoots of young bushes. And the banks began to overgrow with trees.

In the 50s, there were “bright minds” who decided to simply fill it up instead of repairing the bridge across the channel. For several years there was a solid road here. The channel bed began to become littered with debris, water began to rot. They realized that the decision was wrong, and the embankment was excavated again. This was in the early 60s.

From the first days the prison Krasny Yar had to assert the right to exist with weapons and diplomacy.

Until the end of the 17th century, Russian villages and arable lands could not advance south of the mouth of the Mana. Krasny Yar itself was repeatedly sieged. The main Kyrgyz prince Irenek conveyed to the Krasnoyarsk voivode through the ambassador in 1665:

“At Krasniy Yar, tell the voivode to give yasak from the Kachins, and from the Arins, and from the Kans, and from the land and uluses to Sengu (the Djuigar ruler), but if the voivode doesn’t tell the governor to give yasak, and I will be from the Kalmyk, and from the Kirghiz, and from the Tubins, and from the altyrs near the Krasnoyarsk prison and the district with the military people at war. "

For a long time, only small fortifications - the fortifications guarded the distant approaches to the Krasnoyarsk fort. From the west, in 1641, the Achinsky prison was erected, probably near the modern village of Serezh. In 1682 this prison was moved / to the place of the modern city of Achinsk. From the east, in 1618, the Kansk prison was built (on the site of the present village of Komarovo). In 1626, the prison was also moved to the site of the modern city of Kansk. In 1645, the Karaulny prison was erected (now in the flooded zone of the Krasnoyarsk reservoir). The garrisons of these fortifications consisted of annually replaced cossack yearlings. Okladnikov A.P. Discovery of Siberia. 2nd ed. - M .: Young Guard, 1981.

By the end of the 17th century, the main territory of the Yenisei region was annexed to Russia. However, the armed resistance of the Yenisei Kirghiz ceased only at the beginning of the 18th century. At this time, Russia strained all its forces in the struggle for the Baltic. Needing huge funds, Peter I demanded decisive actions from the Siberian governors and the complete imposition of yasak on the tribes of southern Siberia. Labor indigenous population more and more often took the side of the Russians, hoping to free themselves from the ruinous pluralism. In 1701-1704, the Yenisei Kyrgyz were defeated by the common military forces of Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Yeniseisk and Kuznetsk. Some princes, forced by Dzungaria, forcibly resettled their kin in 1703 to the foothills of the Tien Shan. The rest swore allegiance to the Russian tsar and began to bring yasak. To protect the sworn Khakass in 1787, the Abakan prison was established (the former village of Krasnoturanskoe, now in the zone of the Krasnoyarsk reservoir).

Peter I made an attempt to immediately gain a foothold in Zasayanie. The Krasnoyarsk people were ordered to build two fortresses on the territory of modern Tuva and maintain garrisons in them. This would bring additional hardships to the Cossacks, so the Krasnoyarsk residents limited themselves to the construction in 1728 of only the Sayan prison at the foot of the Western Sayan, just 60 versts from the Abakan prison (on the site of the present town of Sayanogorsk, near the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station).

The border of Russian possessions along the upper Yenisei was finally established in 1718 by the Kyakhta treaty with Manchuria. She walked along the deserted peaks of the Western and Eastern Sayan Mountains. Okladnikov A.P. Discovery of Siberia. 2nd ed. - M .: Young Guard, 1981.

The annexation of the Yenisei region was of great progressive importance for the local population. The predatory raids of the Mongols, Kalmyks and large numbers of people were forever put to an end. The people got the opportunity to work peacefully.

Background

The first settlers appeared on the Kansk land 20-25 thousand years ago, as evidenced by archaeological excavations. In the Paleolithic era, mammoth and reindeer hunters settled along the banks of local rivers and their tributaries. People came to this territory from various regions of Asia and Europe. The population of Ancient Siberia led a nomadic lifestyle. People were constantly moving in search of the best place for fishing and hunting. Sometimes it was necessary to resettle under the pressure of stronger tribes who came to seize the territory. Many tribes and peoples lived on the Kansk land.

In the 13th century, Mongol conquerors came to the territory of the modern city and its environs, to whom the peoples living on this land submitted. Among the conquered were the inhabitants of the upper reaches of the Kan River. Later these people were called Kamasinians. They called their river Pasbekun (which meant "wood and red water"). Mongols destroyed many settlements whose inhabitants were either taken prisoner or killed. Some tribes managed to escape from the invaders. In the era of the Mongol conquests, the Keto-speaking population joined the Kamasinians. Gradually, the tribes intermixed with each other.

It is believed that the people who received the name Kamasins appeared in the Neolithic era (IV-III millennia BC). Scientists have established that in this era one people permanently lived on the Kansk land. This is evidenced by the burials found here. The dead were buried according to the same ceremony.

In the 17th century, people called cottas lived in the basins of the Biryusa and Kan rivers. In addition to the Kots, Kamasinians and some other tribes continued to live here. The Kansk (Kotovsk) land was divided into 15 uluses. Each ulus was headed by an ancestor (since the ulus was, in fact, a separate clan). The clan was usually named after the ancestor who headed it. The cats were engaged in fishing and hunting. They also knew how to raise livestock. Shamanism became the religion of the Kotts. After the penetration of the Russians into Siberia, the cotta began to engage in trade as well.

Kansk winter hut

The Krasnoyarsk prison, founded in 1628, laid the foundation for many settlements on the Yenisei River. The construction of forts and settlements was necessary for the Russians in order to establish themselves in the occupied territory. Attacks on Russian fortresses and villages were not uncommon. The local population was forced to pay yasak, which, accordingly, caused discontent among the tribes living here.

In 1628, ataman Ermolai (otherwise -) Ostafiev was sent to build a winter hut "among the Kan people." The winter house was built on September 18, 1628 at the large Araksiev threshold and consisted of several huts. Ostafiev negotiated with local princes for several weeks. They decided to submit and pay yasak regularly. Kamasinians, asanas and cottas agreed to pay tribute, as they saw in the Russians a reliable defense against the frequent attacks of warlike neighbors. The princes begged the Russians to go to war against the constantly attacking Buryat and Tuba tribes, offering them to become guides.

The Kansk winter hut was repeatedly attacked and burned to the ground, which did not prevent the Russians from collecting the first yasak already in May 1629. In 1630, it was not possible to collect the tax because the local population was robbed by the Kalmyk and Tuba tribes, who claimed that the population of the Kansk land would recognize them, and not the Moscow power. Then, for several years between the alien tribes and the Russians, there was a struggle for supremacy in the territory.

Ostrog of Kansky

In 1635, part of the Kan lands was seized by the Tubins and Kyrgyz. The new Krasnoyarsk voivode Fyodor Myakinin sent a letter to Moscow with a proposal to establish several more forts to strengthen the power of the Russians. In 1636, the Kansk prison was founded, in which a garrison of fifty people permanently resided. 1636 is considered the year of birth of Kansk. The construction of the Kansky prison gave the local residents the hope that Moscow would definitely protect them from enemy raids. The first campaign against the Buryats was undertaken in the winter of 1636-1637. After arriving at the place where the Buryat tribes lived, it turned out that the Buryats had migrated in an unknown direction. The hungry and tired army mutinied. Ataman was threatened with reprisals. Over the next few years, the Russians fought not only with the periodically attacking Buryat tribes, but also with the "Kansk" population. Ostrog has been repeatedly attacked and destroyed.

The yasak population was able to completely get rid of the oppression of the Buryats only after they joined them. However, the threat from the south persisted. The raids from the Tuba people continued. The constant threat of attack prevented the emergence of arable farming on the Kansk land. The idea of ​​the development of agriculture has repeatedly appeared among the Krasnoyarsk governors. However, the Moscow authorities doubted that the Kansk land could have good harvests. Arable farming was never practiced by the nomadic population of Siberia. In the event of an attack by enemies, the garrison could not protect the peasants.

The friendship of the "Kansk" people with the Russians did not suit the Mongol khans. They launched a fierce war against Russia. The fight against the Mongols was complicated by the constant raids of the Tuba and Kirghiz, who often united for joint attacks. In 1678, the Tuba people captured and then burned the Kansk fortification. The Tuba people were finally defeated only in 1693. In the same year, a decree was issued on the construction of a settlement near the Kansk Fortress. Initially, it was planned to settle here 20-30 Cossacks with their families. Each Cossack was entitled to 4 rubles "for housing". However, there were no volunteers willing to live near the fortification. The Kansk prison was almost completely destroyed after the departure of the Tuba residents. It was only restored in 1697.

The attacks on the Kansk land stopped only at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1701, a peace agreement was reached on all sides. In 1717, the resettlement of Russian families began to the Kansk land. These were the families of the White-land Cossacks. To secure the settlers in the new place, the authorities allocated funds for the construction of the Church of the Savior. It was built in 1722 and was the only "gun" church in the entire Krasnoyarsk district. The Savior Church was called “Ruzhnaya” because the priest, sexton and clerk who served in it received a “rugua,” that is, a monetary and grain salary, for their labor.

Until 1725, the Kansk prison was on the right bank of the river, then it was moved to the left. In the 1730s, new settlers began to come to the settlement near the prison, attracted by the fertility of local lands and the prospects for profitable trade. In 1735, there were already at least forty households in the settlement at the prison.

Early 19th century

V early XIX century, a new category of immigrants appeared on the Kansk land. These people were driven by a stage. Among the people they were often called "self-propelled guns", since in their former place they lived in conditions of severe hardship and did not have land. "Samokhody" willingly went to Siberia, hoping to find a better life there. Some of them settled in a settlement near the Kansk prison, others moved on.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Ostrog Kansk lost its importance as a fortified point, turning into an ordinary peasant settlement. Locals were engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding. The settlement grew gradually. When in Russian Empire the Patriotic War of 1812 began, fifty Kansk went to defend their homeland. As a result of the campaign, fifty, having distinguished themselves in battle, received a banner with the inscription: “Glory in the highest, who won! Eternal memory, who lay down dead! " After the Patriotic War of 1812, 29 Cossacks returned to the Kansk land. Most of them were seriously injured. All 29 soldiers were awarded orders.

In connection with the significant growth of the population of Siberia in the 1820s, an administrative-territorial reform was carried out. In 1822 Siberia was divided into Western and Eastern. The fourth Siberian province was established, which was named Yenisei. The new province included 5 districts (later - counties): Achinsky, Kansky, Krasnoyarsky, Yeniseisky and Minusinsky, as well as a stateless (that is, countyless) city.

Kansk city

In 1825, the entire free population of Siberia was converted into stanitsa Cossacks and equalized in rights. In those years, Kansk was considered a small, uncrowded city. The status of the district city was assigned to Kansk thanks to such categories of the population living in it as the military Cossack garrison and officials. In addition to these categories, merchants and artisans also lived in Kansk. Agriculture also remained one of the most important occupations of local residents, but has already faded into the background.

In the first years of its existence as a city, Kansk was not distinguished by rapid growth and development. It consisted of three streets and three lanes. There were 2 public wooden buildings, 161 residential buildings, a stone church, hospitals, several shops and 3 taverns. The bourgeois preferred agriculture. The exiled settlers were engaged in handicrafts. Some revival in the local economy was brought about by gold mining, which began in the Yenisei province in the 1830s. Gold was found on the Yanga River (a tributary of the Kan). Soon the Anatolievsky mine was founded here. Gold mining has had a serious impact on the inhabitants of Kansk. Summer most of the local population began to go to the mines. Despite the difficult working conditions, there were more than enough people willing to work. Trade in the city revived considerably.

Since Kansk was far from the cultural center and had an underdeveloped economy, the tsarist government chose this city for the settlement of exiles. Opponents of the autocracy were sent here. In addition, the Moscow Highway ran here, along which some of the exiles were sent to even more distant provinces. Undercover surveillance was established for the exiles who lived in Kansk. At first, this function was to be performed by local Cossacks. However, they refused to perform "police functions". The Decembrists left a deep mark on the life of Kansk. Local residents respected these strong and courageous people who continued to fight for the people's well-being, even when they were in exile.

Second half of the 19th century

In the 1850s, Kansk developed and grew still slowly. In 1855 the city received its coat of arms, the main element of which was a rye sheaf. Kansk, despite the development of trade and crafts, continued to remain rural. Agriculture and cattle breeding again come to the fore. The inhabitants of Kansk preferred rye to all other cultures. Flax, buckwheat, hemp, barley and tobacco were cultivated in small quantities. A foreign vegetable - potatoes - is also becoming popular with local residents.

It is believed that in socio-economic terms, Kansk was able to become a city only in the 1860s. This means that trade and handicrafts in Kansk began to dominate over agriculture and cattle breeding. The processing of animal raw materials is becoming one of the main urban crafts. Many residents of the city took up the carriage. The first enterprises appeared in Kansk: a tannery, a soap-making plant and 2 lettuce factories. For the development of trade and industry in the city, a public bank was established in 1862, which had the right to accept deposits, issue bills of exchange secured by goods, and keep records of loans. Medical care in Kansk has always been at a low level, despite the presence of hospitals in the city. All services were paid. The population preferred to be treated with home remedies or turn to healers, which often led to death. An almshouse was built in the city, which was supported by the city budget for several years. However, in the 1870s, funding for the almshouse was suspended.

After the reform of 1870, carried out, local government appeared in the city. In 1875, a new "City Regulation" was introduced. In the first 2 years of work, the officials of the Kan self-government did not receive salaries.

In the last two decades of the 19th century, many new buildings were built in Kansk. A new development plan for the city was approved in 1881. A year later, a female parish school was opened, in which up to 45 female students could study at the same time. The training lasted 3 years. Among the public buildings built during this period, the Jewish prayer house is the best preserved to this day. In 1884, another local school was transformed. It began to be called urban. The training course was designed for 6 years, instead of the previous two. 80 people studied at the school at the same time. Only boys could be educated here. Not all children in the city attended school. In Kansk itself, only the children of the townspeople and peasants studied. The wealthiest sent their children to study in and.

In 1885, near the city, on the banks of the Kan River, private artels were organized to process leather. In the same 1885, a strong fire broke out in the city, which destroyed a huge number of important historical documents. The improvement of the city at the end of the 19th century left much to be desired. From the surviving reports to the Yenisei governor, it is known that there was practically no place in the city free of sewage. Due to the large number of animals in the city, most of the territory of Kansk was covered with manure. In this regard, mortality from infectious diseases grew rapidly. In the 1890s, the construction of new hospitals began in the districts of the Yenisei province. In Kansk, it was planned to construct a complex of wooden buildings that would unite hospital barracks for men and women. In addition, administrative and utility premises were to be built. The wooden hospital complex, built at the end of the 19th century, until recently continued to function as a medical institution in the city.

The economic life of Siberia revived significantly after the construction of the Siberian Railway began in the 1890s. The highway was built simultaneously from two sides: from and from. Construction peaked in 1893. Some residents of Kansk also took part in the construction, leaving their hometown and going to work.

Kansk was considered the culturally poorest city among other settlements in the province. Free time the townspeople devoted to drunkenness and gambling... For 4 thousand people living in the city, about two dozen drinking establishments were opened. The guests of Kansk noted that there were no libraries or bookstores in the city. In 1895, the Kansk intelligentsia raised the issue of opening reading rooms and libraries in their hometown. Some advocated an increase in the number of educational institutions. However, library advocates argued that if the population were able to read books, literacy would increase on its own. Thanks to voluntary donations from citizens, more than a thousand rubles were collected for the arrangement of the library.

At the end of September 1895, documents for the construction were sent to the Yenisei governor railroad... The station building in Kansk was built in 1896. And the first passengers arriving from Krasnoyarsk, the station was able to receive already in February 1897. In the same 1897, the construction of a railway bridge across the Kan River was completed. The advent of the railway had a positive effect on economic development cities. Thanks to the emergence of a new type of transport, it became possible to send and receive goods even faster. Immigrants moved from the European part of the empire to Kansk. Not far from railway station a resettlement center was built, where up to 150 families could live at the same time. This building was necessary for the temporary residence of the new residents of the city.

The Kansk district existed until the end of the 19th century. Then it officially began to be called the county. Kansk became a district town in 1897. By that time, about seven thousand people permanently lived in the city. The main occupation of the townspeople was trade. Residents of Kansk supplied Irkutsk with bread, as well as gold mines in the Yenisei taiga. More than a dozen small enterprises operated in the city. These were mainly soap, tanneries and brick factories. In 1898 an important event took place in the cultural life of Kansk: a library-reading room was opened. The library was supposed to open much earlier. However, due to the impossibility of solving some organizational issues, the opening was constantly postponed. A Board of Trustees was established at the institution. It consisted of 36 people. The employees of the Council were required to monitor the publication of new books and compile desiderata (that is, lists of books most in demand by readers).

The beginning of the twentieth century

The revolutionary movement in Siberia began in 1902. In April 1902 he died in a hospital in Kansk former student Moscow University V. Luchinin. A few days later, the political exiles living in the city went to the hospital to retrieve the body of their comrade. The exiles abandoned the church ceremony, and the funeral turned into an anti-government demonstration: participants handed out proclamations and sang revolutionary hymns. About a month later, workers clashed with police officers at the Konstantinovo-Innokentievsky gold mine of the Kansk district.

Three years later, in 1905, the first Russian revolution took place in the country, which ended in failure for the opponents of the tsarist government, but had large-scale consequences. At the end of 1905, the Committee for the Arrangement of Meetings was created in Kansk. The distribution of leaflets and proclamations began in the city. A Bolshevik organization appeared, which consisted of 50 people. In December 1905, strikes intensified in the city and county.

The revolution was forgotten for a while because of the First World War. By 1914, the population of Kansk had grown 2 and a half times (up to 17.5 thousand people). Kanskaya fifty took part in hostilities under the command of Yegor Vasin. A simple soldier Lavigne distinguished himself by cunning and ingenuity in the war. He single-handedly managed to capture several soldiers and officers, creating the appearance that a detachment of Cossacks was in ambush in the forest. Lavigne was a descendant of the Kan Cossacks, which he was very proud of. Thanks to the active work of the Kan Bolsheviks, revolutionary sentiments spread in the city and district. The inhabitants of Kansk advocated the transfer of power in the country to the Soviets. In the fall of 1917, the Kansk garrison supported the Bolsheviks. At the end of October, the news of an armed uprising reached Kansk. On October 27, a meeting of the Council of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies was held in the city. The meeting adopted a resolution on the transfer of power to the Soviets.

Civil war in Kansk

The civil war came to Siberia in 1918. In mid-May, the second echelon of the Czechoslovak division arrived at the Kansk station. For several hours the train did not move. After the Kan Council demanded an explanation of what was happening, the chief of staff said that this was a temporary stop. The Czechs were engaged in drill training right on the station square. The Czech corps could not be turned north or disarmed. The city authorities understood the danger of the White Czechs in the city, but they could not do anything.

At the end of May, simultaneously with the mutiny of the White Guards, the Czechoslovak uprising began. On May 29, with the support of the Social Revolutionaries, several provincial cities were captured, including Kansk. Local Bolsheviks were arrested. Some of the Red Army men were shot. Despite the active resistance of the Bolsheviks, the White Guards prevailed due to the inequality of power. Bloody massacres began over representatives of the Soviet government. All the surviving Bolsheviks were forced to go underground, and the Bolshevik organization temporarily suspended its work.

The Great Patriotic War

Kansk, like all other cities of the new state, managed to free itself from the power of the White Guards. People gradually returned to peaceful life... However, less than twenty years later, a new misfortune came to the country - the Great Patriotic War. At the Kansk military registration and enlistment office there was a line of volunteers who wanted to defend their homeland. Kansk received evacuees from besieged Leningrad. First of all, the Children's Home was evacuated from the city. Residents of Kansk began to treat orphans exhausted by disease and hunger. The evacuated women and children had to be provided with housing and basic necessities: clothing, shoes and linen. Those who were able to work should be hired. Some city institutions (flying club, library technical school, pedagogical school, etc.) were temporarily occupied for military needs.

During the Great Patriotic War, the industrial potential of the city increased significantly. The front needed supplies. The city was forced to fulfill urgent orders, manufacturing the products necessary for the front. One of the main specializations of the city is the production of skis, which were in dire need of the Komsomol ski battalions. One of the timber processing workshops had to take over the production of skis.

Postwar years

After the end of the war, the inhabitants of Kansk return to peaceful labor. New enterprises are being built in the city. Already at the end of 1945, the first stage of the cotton mill was put into operation. A sanatorium for tuberculosis patients appeared in the city. In the postwar years, the local theater resumed its work. The acting staff was reduced, but the number of performances was increased.

At the end of the 40s, the design of the Kansk foundry and mechanical plant "Glavgidrolizprom" was carried out. The first melt was received in June 1949. The plant specialized in the production of such products as metal structures of typical central repair and mechanical workshops, castings for hydrolysis plants, cast iron ribbed furnaces, etc. In the early 50s, street paving was resumed in the city. Before the start of the Great Patriotic War, cobblestones were laid on several central Kansk streets. During the war, street paving was suspended for obvious reasons.

City industrial artels were engaged in the manufacture of footwear and household goods, coal mining. The artels did not receive the necessary supplies and were forced to look for raw materials on their own. However, it was extremely difficult to find unplanned raw materials in the conditions of actively developing production. For this reason, many industrial artels had to be liquidated. A small part of them were transformed into enterprises. Some artels have merged with already existing factories and plants.

Modern Kansk

The development of the city was relatively stable and successful until the infamous crisis of the 90s. The city has a shortage of food products, unemployment and other problems characteristic of the crisis this period... Perhaps Kansk has not yet managed to cope with all the consequences of the crisis to the end, but at present the economic situation in the city has stabilized.

In 2011, Kansk celebrated its 375th anniversary. The city celebrated a significant date huge amount cultural and sports events. In Kansk, a performance of creative teams took place, an exhibition "City and People" was held. In February 2011, the city received its new coat of arms and flag. On February 5, a sports event called the All-Age Aerobics Marathon was held at the Tekstilshchik sports and recreation complex. And at the end of the month, the annual “Mayor's Ball” took place - an event so beloved by the Kan youth.