Enisey waywode Yakov Ignatjevich Khripunov one of the first spearhead of ore study of Enisey and Angara field was the godfather of Krasnoyarsk. He was the first has brought government's attention to the question on construction on middle Enisey a new jail to secure 
the Enisey, Tomsk and Kuznetsk jails. Seignioral son Andrey Anufrievich Dubensky sent by him in 1623 has chosen a place for the new jail in 4 days of horse way from Eniseysk, at northern boundary of Kirghiz camping-ground, on the high flat cape (arrow) which has formed between a mouth of the river Izyr-su (Каchi) and Enisey. From the southwest the arrow was limited by the piny Black hill as well as cape. Left one is high, the bank Kachi abruptly rose upwards, forming a picturesque ridge. About ten islands with water meadows and bushes there was near mouth Качи. On the right bank of Enisey opposite the natural boundary chosen under a jail named by Dubenskiy «Red» because of color of steep bank and a beautiful place, bosky Kujsum mountains lasted. The river terrace of Enisey between mountains and bank was favorable for arable farming and breeding of cattle.
The drawing made by Dubenskiy has been sent to Tobolsk, and soon the author has left with its copy to Moscow as well.
On August, 6th 1628 Krasnoyarsk had been founded by Andrey Dubenskiy. The jail is constructed the 6th on August, 1628. The circular guard duty was created on the tops of mountains surrounding a hollow. Till the second half of the 17th century Krasnoyarsk was under department of Tomsk, and then Eniseysk. Names are: in 1631 — Novokachinskiy jail, in 1659 — Big jail, in 1690 — Krasnoyarsk. In 1720 Krasnoyarsk became a district city: 
1708 — in structure of the Siberian province
1719 — in structure of the Enisey province
1775 — in structure of province Kolyvano-Voskresensk province
1797 — in structure of the Tobolsk province
1759 — in city «the Latin school» for training children of clergy was opened.
In 1773 the jail has burned down. After a fire there were only 30 houses. Sergeant of a geodesy Peter Moiseyev has been sent from Tobolsk who has given to the city absolutely new, Petersburg type linear lay-out. It became the beginning of modern Krasnoyarsk. In Krasnoyarsk the district public library first in the country (1784) has opened, and in 1795 — was constructed stone Holy Protection cathedral.
On December, 12th 1822 the Enisey province was created. Krasnoyarsk became the capital of province. Znamensky glass making factory was based.
1828 — the first governor of the Enisey province A. P. Stepanov has given the order to create a city garden. Since 1935 the city garden began to refer to as Gorkiy Central recreation park. The modern name is the Central Park.
1848, 12(24)th of January there great russian artist Vasiliy Ivanovich Surikov was born in Krasnoyarsk.
Soon Enisey diocese was founded in Krasnoyarsk. But in 1881 there was the next fire which has destroyed the most part of city structures. After two years of restoration there was opened an ecclesiastical school, and in 1889 the Regional Study of local lore museum was opened 
as well. On February, 12th, 1889 city public library created with the support of the townspeople has been opened. On December, 6th 1896, the first train has arrived on the railway station of Krasnoyarsk.
On March, 18th, 1912 — the first city power station (nowadays street Dubrovinsky, 43, a building of Power sale) was opened. It is the project of the engineer of imperial school of Charles Krug ( later a member of commission GOELRO). In streets and in houses of city the first 262 electrobulbs have lighted up. By the end of 1912 12 000 subscribers were at the settlement-cash desk already.
1925, March — reserve «Columns» by the area 47,2 thousand in hectares was organized.
1944, May — the city Palace of pioneers and schoolboys has opened.
1948 — the House-museum of V.I.Surikov has opened.
The most beautiful buildings of Krasnoyarsk including river station, Opera and ballet theatre, the cultural-historical and museum center, concert halls with a philarmonic society have been erected. On October, 17th, 1961 — new railway station has taken the first passengers. We are obliged by a birth of these pearls on the land of Krasnodarje to the talented architects A. M. Golubev, A. S. Demirhanov, E. A. Zubkovsky, E. M. Panov, V. V. Orehov, institute «Krasnoyarsk civil project», trust «Zhilstroy-1". The original shrouds bridge, buildings of new hotel, palace of
pioneers, the House of Political enlightenment became the integral attributes of the Arrow and city. Everything was constructed in «stagnant» and «poststagnant» 1980 years, only painting and decorating have been done at the beginning of 1990t in the building of Theatre of musical comedy. Unfortunately, works in the new hotel were tightened, the building of Katek research institute of coal was left in in desolation, the new building of Institute of arts was not completed.
In 1996 the construction of underground has begun. On August, 15th, 2000 — the zoo» Swarm's stream «has opened.
On December, 7th, 2004 — reconstruction of the building of railway station has come to the end.
