Abakan, Regional capital in southern Siberia, Russia.
Description
Abakan lies where the Abakan River joins the Yenisei in the Minusinsk Basin south of the Western Sayan Mountains. The settlement spreads across both riverbanks and connects residential districts through bridges and wide roads.
History
The site began in 1675 as the fortress settlement Abakansky ostrog and was designated capital of the autonomous Khakas region in 1931. That year the settlement gained city status and adopted its present name.
Culture
The Khakas National Museum displays artifacts from ancient civilizations, including remnants of a Chinese-style palace discovered during road construction in 1940.
Practical
The city can be reached through Abakan International Airport and the railway junction with connections toward Moscow and Mongolia. Buses and marshrutkas run between districts and to nearby settlements across the valley.
Did you know?
Archaeologists have uncovered burial mounds and megalithic structures around the region, earning it the nickname Valley of Kings of Russia. Workers discovered remains of a structure in Chinese style beneath a roadway in 1940.
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Khakass National Museum of Local Lore, Abakan
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Orthodox cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ in Abakan
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Bratsky bridge
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Центр культуры и народного творчества (Хакасия)
2.3 km
Здание уездного ревкома Хакасии
4.4 km
Памятник «Воинская Слава» (Абакан)
1.1 km
Братская могила Советских воинов, умерших от ран в госпиталях в годы Великой Отечественной войны (Абакан)
2.2 km
Школа (Абакан)
4.2 km
Обелиск «Павшим коммунарам» (памяти погибших за установление Советской власти в Хакасии) (Абакан)
3.9 km
Дом жилой (Абакан)
4.4 km
Saint Nicholas Orthodox church in Abakan
4.2 kmМогила Тихонова Г.В., Гвардии генерал-лейтенанта, Героя Советского Союза (Абакан)
7.6 kmДерево искусств
2.3 kmИзбушка на курих ножках
3.2 kmГранит науки
2 kmЛеопольд
2.4 kmПодзорная труба
3.2 kmКораблик
3.2 kmЖар птица
3.2 kmМаленький принц
2.7 kmМамонтенок
1.9 kmСкульптура "Буратино"
2 kmТише едешь дальше будешь
1.9 kmБуквы
1.5 kmЛев
4.2 kmВесы
2.4 kmТихонов
4 kmБратский мост
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