17th century Until 1629, the territory of the modern
Krasnoyarsk Krai was part of a vast region with the centre in the city of
Tobolsk. Later, the
ostrog (fortress) of
Yeniseysk,
Krasnoyarsk and
Kansk with adjacent lands were assigned to the
Tomsk razryad. In 1676, the
Yeniseysk ostrog received the status of a city, under which all the settlements along the
Yenisei river and the right-bank territories stretching to
Transbaikal were transferred. At the same time, at the suggestion of
M. M. Speransky, who was conducting an audit of the Siberian possessions, Emperor
Alexander I signed a decree on the formation of the Yeniseysk Governorate as part of five districts: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseisk (with Turukhansk Territory), Achinsk, Minusinsk and Kansk. The city of
Krasnoyarsk was approved as the administrative centre of the newly formed province. In 1882, the
Ob–Yenisei Canal construction started, and in 1891 it was open for navigation of small ships. In 1892 Charles Vapereau made a journey from
Beijing to
Paris through
Siberia published about his travel in journal with drawings and engravings from his photos.
20th century up the
Yenisei River to
Krasnoyarsk, and then through China along the Chinese Eastern Railway reached
Vladivostok, on the way stopped in
Khabarovsk, where he met a famous Russian traveller, explorer of the
Ussuri krai, Lieutenant Colonel
Vladimir Arsenyev, from where he returned by cars, horses and at that time the unfinished northern route of the
Trans-Siberian Railway to
Norway through
Yekaterinburg, where he participated in a meeting of the
Russian Geographical Society, reporting on the voyage along the
Yenisei. Nansen published a report from the journey in book
Through Siberia. In 1913 the Usinsk border okrug was transformed into the Usinsk-Uriankhai Krai. On 17 April 1914, the Russian government establishes a protectorate over
Uryankhay Krai (conforming roughly to the territory of modern
Tuva), which became part of the Yeniseysk Governorate. and "''To Jenisei's sources. The Norwegian Sibirie Expedition's journey''". , Vasily Korobeinikov,
Henry Usher Hall,
Dora Curtis 's book about the expedition and the results of ornithological research A similar administrative-territorial division persisted until the early 1920s.
Uryankhay Krai existed until 14 August 1921, when local revolutionaries, supported by the
Red Army of the
RSFSR, decided to proclaim the national sovereignty of
Tuvan People's Republic. Apart from
Mongolia, however, no other country recognised its independence. The Usinsk okrug was formed in 1924 as part of the Yeniseisk Governorate, but already in 1925 it became part of the Minusinsk okrug of the Siberian
Krai. On 23 June 1924, new Turukhansky Uezd was formed in the governorate. Its Yuzhnaya Volost was formed on the part of the territory of Antsiferovskaya Volost of
Yeniseysky Uyezd. After that, Yeniseysky Uezd itself was abolished and its remaining territory split between
Kansky and
Krasnoyarsky Uyezds. At the same time, Daurskaya Volost of
Achinsky Uyezd was transferred to Krasnoyarsky Uezd. Also in 1924, parts of Znamenskaya and Tashtypskaya Volosts of Minusinsky Uyezd were transferred to
Khakassky Uyezd. The former territory became a part of Charkovskaya Enlarged Volost, while the latter was merged into Tashtypskaya Enlarged Volost. On 25 May 1925, all Governorates (including Yeniseysk Governorate), and regions in Siberia are abolished by the decree of the
All-Russian Central Executive Committee, their territories are merged into a single
Siberian Krai, with the centre in
Novosibirsk, along with the territories of
Oyrat Autonomous Oblast, and
Altai,
Novo-Nikolayevsk,
Omsk, and
Tomsk Governorates. Achinsky, Kansky, Krasnoyarsky, Minusinsky, and Khakassky Uezds of the governorate were at the same time transformed into okrugs, while Turukhansky Uezd was renamed Turukhansky Krai and transferred to
Krasnoyarsk Okrug. == Administrative division ==