Yeniseysk (Russian: Енисейск , IPA: [jɪnʲɪˈsʲejsk] ) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia , located on the Yenisei River . Population: 18,766 ( 2010 Census ) ; 20,394 ( 2002 Census ) ; 22,891 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ; 20,000 (1970).
6-837: Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a stockaded town—the first town on the Yenisei River. It played an important role in Russian colonization of East Siberia in the 17th–18th centuries. Its location is due to the Siberian River Routes from the Urals, up the Ob, up the Ket River and over a portage to Yeniseysk and from there to the Yenisei basin. It became less important due to road and rail building further south. Its old town
12-402: Is included by the Russian government in the country's tentative World Heritage List . Within the framework of administrative divisions , Yeniseysk serves as the administrative center of Yeniseysky District , even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the krai town of Yeniseysk —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of
18-483: The districts . As a municipal division , the krai town of Yeniseysk is incorporated as Yeniseysk Urban Okrug . The town is served by the Yeniseysk Airport . Yeniseysk has a subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc ), with long, severely cold winters and short, warm summers. Precipitation is moderate, and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year. Being less affected by
24-431: The dry Siberian High in winter than areas farther east, Yeniseysk has reliably high snowfall by Siberian standards with a total of 207.8 millimetres (8.18 in) of precipitation between October and April, although on average not very high amounts compared to cold climates close to oceans. Stockade A stockade is an enclosure of palisades and tall walls, made of logs placed side by side vertically, with
30-423: The perimeter. Sometimes they would add additional defence by placing sharpened sticks in a shallow secondary trench outside the stockade. In colder climates sometimes the stockade received a coating of clay or mud that would make the crude wall wind-proof. Builders could also place stones or thick mud layers at the foot of the stockade, improving the resistance of the wall. From that the defenders could, if they had
36-541: The tops sharpened as a defensive wall . Stockade is derived from the French word estocade . The French word was derived from the Spanish word estacada . The troops or settlers would build a stockade by clearing a space of woodland and using the trees whole or chopped in half, with one end sharpened on each. They would dig a narrow trench around the area, and stand the sharpened logs side-by-side inside it, encircling
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