Introducing Divnogorsk
From Krasnoyarsk a popular day trip by bus and/or summer hydrofoil follows the Yenisey River 27km to Divnogorsk town through a wide, wooded canyon. Some 5km beyond Divnogorsk's jetty is a vast 90m-high dam. Turbine-room visits are not permitted but if you're lucky you might see ships being lifted by a technologically impressive inclined plane to the huge Krasnoyarsk Sea reservoir behind. A few kilometres beyond you can observe ice fishing from December to March or rent boats and yachts from Aly Parus (3912-403 187; per hr R700-1000; summer).
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The Krasnoyarsk-Divnogorsk road has a panoramic overlook point at km23 and passes quaint Ovsyanka village. From the main road walk 100m (crossing the train tracks) to Ovsyanka's cute though new wooden St Inokent Chapel (ul Shchetinkina) then 50m right to find the House Museum (ul Shchetinkina 26; admission R30; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun) of famous local writer Victor Astafiev, who died in 2001. Directly opposite in Astafiev's grandma's cottage-compound is the more interesting Last Bow Museum (ul Shchetinkina 35; admission R30; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun), giving a taste of rural Siberian life.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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