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Divnogorsk

Divnogorsk is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River, 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Krasnoyarsk, the administrative center of the krai.

Divnogorsk is called a city in the "wondrous mountains". The city is surrounded by mountains and rocks. In the central part of the territory, which occupies the city district, stretches a typical ridge of rock-remains up to 85 m high, built of limestone. On the territory of the urban district, the rivers Mana, Yenisei, Biryusa flow, the Krasnoyarsk reservoir also enters the territory. The average temperature is -16.9 ° C in January and +18.5 ° C in July. +35 C ° - the maximum temperature in July, in January the temperature minimum reaches -47 C °.

Where the town stands was the village Ovsyanka, founded in 1671.

In 1888 on the site of modern Divnogorsk celibate priest Filaret was founded Krasnoyarsk Znamensky obschezhitsky men's Skeet (closed in 1920); whose construction was begun on August 19 of that year. Over time, the monastery became a village Skeet. The monastery acted brick, smologonny, a candle factory, a variety of workshops. Skeet was the first above Krasnoyarsk pier for ships to stick to the sandy shore just below Filaretova stream. From the monastery buildings remained only a wooden two-storey house has been converted from an old church (now art studios are located here). In early 1920, monastery was closed and turned into a children's home, in 1921 transformed into a children's labor town number 2 for orphans. In 1930 in the village disbanded orphanage and experimental forestry and subsistence farming Krasnoyarsk Forestry College. At this time there were about a dozen families. Town status was granted to it in 1963.