Abakasnk

Abakan lies near the confluence of the Abakan and Yenisei rivers, in the open basin north of the Sayan Mountains. The floodplain also receives the Tasheba, and its rivers give access through the surrounding steppe and uplands. Although the name recalls an early Russian fort, the Abakansky stockade founded in 1707 stood well to the north, on the Yenisei, rather than at this confluence.