Krasnoyarsk Krai
krai and federal subject in Siberian Federal District, Russia
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Krasnoyarsk Krai is a large region in Siberia, Russia, and serves as one of the country's federal subjects. It is significant as part of Russia's vast eastern territories and plays a role in the Siberian Federal District's economic and geographic importance.
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Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk. Comprising half of the Siberian Federal District, Krasnoyarsk Krai is the largest krai in Russia, the second-largest federal subject in the country after neighboring Sakha, and the third-largest country subdivision by area in the world. The krai covers an area of 2,366,797 square kilometers (913,825 sq mi), constituting roughly 13% of Russia's total area. Krasnoyarsk Krai has a population of 2,856,971 as of the 2021 census.
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