Krasnoyarsk: the stone pillars of Siberia

The Stolby Nature Reserve, with its columns of syenite rock reaching up to one hundred meters high, remains popular among climbers and Siberian hikers.

A few minutes away, the Yenisei River, among the world's longest, crosses Krasnoyarsk offering panoramic cruises during the summer months.

Continuing toward the center, one visits the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, which displays archaeological finds from ancient Siberian peoples and Russian colonization.

Toward evening, the riverside walk animates with evening strolls with views of the forested hills surrounding the city, among the most extensive in central Siberia.

The Stolby columns, formations of syenite rock sculpted by millions of years of erosion, remain among Siberia's most celebrated vertical geological formations, with some bearing nicknames related to their unusual shapes.

Krasnoyarsk was founded in 1628 as a Cossack outpost along the Yenisei River, becoming over the centuries one of Siberia's major industrial and cultural centers, now populous and growing.