the city of Achinsk is a city district located in the Western part of the Krasnoyarsk territory on the right Bank of the river Chulym. The area is 10 175 ha, distance to the regional center — 168 km, According Krasnodarstata on 1 January 2014, the population of the urban district is 107 787 people.
The city district consists of the town Achinsk and camp mazul. Pass through the city TRANS-Siberian railway and Federal highway M-53 "Baikal".
The town of Achinsk was founded on 25 July 1683, the city Began with a small jail, grew up on the banks of the river Chulym. The first Russian settlers had appeared in the forest at the end of the XVII century And after a hundred years of wooden houses, situated on the territory of the fortress received the status of County town, which is controlled by the mayor. The rapid development of the city contributed to many circumstances. Including quite attractive for production and living places, as well as the opportunity to expand the boundaries of the reclaimed nature of the world. Relying on the fortress, the pioneers moved along the Chulym river to the South, subduing or driving to Mongolia free of the Kyrgyz tribes. Thus, the Achinsk the post became the administrative center for the collection of tribute from the nomads, and later a staging point on the overland road Tobolsk — Irkutsk. In 1785 the town of Achinsk was granted a coat of arms.