Khakassia

Main article: Subjects of the Russian Federation

The Republic of Khakassia is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the Siberian Federal District, the area is 61.9 thousand km ².

Federal authorities

Territorial branches of federal authorities:

• Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia
• Office of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Khakassia
  • FGKU "Department of Private Security of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Khakassia"

• Siberian Interregional Administration of State Road Supervision of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport
• Yenisei Department of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision
• Yenisei Basin Water Administration of the Federal Agency for Water Resources
• Department for Subsoil Use in the Central Siberian District of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use
• Siberian Regional Center of EMERCOM of Russia
  • Main Directorate of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Khakassia

• Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Khakassia
• Branch of the FIU in the Republic of Khakassia
• Territorial Compulsory Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of Khakassia
• Department for Subsoil Use in the Central Siberian District of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use
• Federal State Budgetary Institution "Central Siberian Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring"

Government

Main article: Government of the Republic of Khakassia

Settlements

• Administration of the city of Abazy
• Abakan City Administration
  • Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Trolleybus Administration" of the city of Abakan
  • Abakan Municipal Housing Fund (Abakan Municipal Housing Fund)

• Administration of the city of Sayanogorsk
• Sorska City Administration
• Chernogorsk City Administration

• Administration of the Altai region
• Askiz District Administration
• Beysky District Administration
• Administration of Bograd district
• Administration of Ordzhonikidze district
• Administration of Ust-Abakan district
• Administration of Shirinsky district

Transport

Airports

• Abakan Airport

Digitalization

State Committee for Digital Development and Communications of the Republic of Khakassia

• IT companies in Abakan
• IT companies in Sayanogorsk

Power

• Regional Dispatch Department of the Energy System of the Republic of Khakassia (Khakass RDU) - branch of ODU Siberia of SO UES JSC

• Abakan CHPP
• Mainskaya HPP
• Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station

Mining

• JSC Khakasvzryvprom (drilling and blasting)

Coal mining

• SUEK-Khakassia LLC
  • Chernogorsky Section
  • Izykhsky section
  • Vostochno-Beisky section
  • Chernogorskaya enrichment plant

• LLC Management Company "Mayrykhsky Section"

Culture

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Khakassia

• GAUK RH "Khakass National Museum of Local L.R. Kyzlasova"
• GBUK RH "Khakass Republican Children's Library"
• GKU RX "National Archive"

Education

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Khakassia

• GBU DO RX "Republican Center for Additional Education"
  • Regional Children's Technopark "Quantorium" Khakassia "

UNIVERSITIES of the Republic of Khakassia

• Khakass State University named after N.F. Katanova

Tourism

2025: The construction of the Karlov ski resort began for 14.5 billion rubles

In mid-January 2025, it became known that a large tourist project "Charles Target" would be implemented in Khakassia, involving the creation of a ski resort. Investments in the construction of facilities and the development of related infrastructure will amount to 14.5 billion rubles. Read more here

2024: Tourist growth to 2.2 million

The number of tourists who visited Khakassia in 2024 reached a record 2.2 million people. The head of the region, Valentin Konovalov, announced this on his Telegram channel in June 2025.

According to TASS, tourism is one of the priority areas of the government of Khakassia. Over six years, financing of the industry from the budget of the republic has increased almost 15 times.

The number of tourists visiting Khakassia for the year reached 2.2 million people

In 2024, new hotel facilities began to operate in the republic. A 59-room hotel has opened in the regional capital of Abakan. A new building has been reconstructed in a sanatorium on Lake Shira. Three hotels have been launched in the village of Priiskovoye to accommodate tourists.

Valentin Konovalov noted that the development of hotel infrastructure contributes to the growth of tourist flow. New accommodation facilities allow you to receive more visitors and improve the quality of service in the region.

The greatest interest among tourists is caused by natural and man-made attractions of the republic. Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station attracts visitors as one of the largest energy facilities in Russia. The territories of the Khakassky reserve, open to tourists, demonstrate the unique nature of the region.

Shire and Bele Lakes remain the most popular holiday and wellness destinations. Lake Shira is known for a resort of federal significance with a sanatorium where mineral waters and medicinal mud are used. The 75 square kilometre Bele Lake attracts water sports enthusiasts including kitesurfing.

Tourists actively visit archaeological sites of Khakassia. The Chest Mountain Range is a complex of five pyramidal mountains with ancient observatories and a 5,000-year-old rock painting. The Salbyk barrow in the Valley of the Kings is the largest archaeological site with burials of Scythian nobility.

Ecological tourism is developing on the basis of the Kazanovka Museum-Reserve with an area of ​ ​ 180 square kilometers. The exhibition "World of the Khakass Shaman" works here and thematic excursions are held. The Shaman Trail between the White Yus River and the Togyz-Az Range includes nine grottoes with ancient drawings.^[1]

Health care

Ministry of Health of the Republic of Khakassia

• GBU RX "Respharmation"

• PKU "Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise in the Republic of Khakassia" of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation

Clinics

Medical centers

• FBUZ "Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Khakassia"
• SBUZ RH "Republican Clinical Perinatal Center"

Hospitals

• GBUZ RH "Republican Children's Clinical Hospital"
• GBUZ RH "Abakan Interdistrict Clinical Hospital"
• Sayanogorsk Interdistrict Hospital

Clinics

• GBUZ RH "Republican Clinical Oncological Dispensary"

Organizations of the Republic of Khakassia

• Organizations in Abakan
• IT companies in Abakan

• Organizations in Sayanogorsk
• IT companies in Sayanogorsk

History

Main article: History of Russia

Tashtyk culture

Tashtyk culture, archaeological culture near the turn of the new era - 5th century. in the basins of the Middle Yenisei and Tomi.

In the anthropological type - a mixture of Caucasians and Mongoloids. Tashtyk culture developed on the basis of Tesin culture, reflecting the merger of local Ugro-Samodians and Chets with the newcomer Kyrgyz, strengthening the Turkization of the region. It became the basis of the Chaatas culture, starting the genesis of the Khakas.

300g: Woman's funeral mask

Clay masks appear in burials near the Yenisei after the end of the Hun-Sarmatian period (II century BC e. - II century AD e.). In later periods, they develop into a complex artistic form and become widespread among the nomadic peoples of North Asia and the forest-steppe of Siberia, who professed shamanism.

A rare female posthumous mask dating from the third or fourth century AD comes from the burial ground of Oglakhta VI, tomb No. 4, in the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia, near Mount Oglakhta, on the banks of the Yenisei River. The details of the mask testify to the nomadic lifestyle of the people who created it.

The function of the mask was to prevent the deceased from returning to the world of the living as an evil spirit, as well as to permanently capture the living image of the deceased person. The pattern applied with ocher paint suggests that the deceased has tattoos characteristic of many ethnic groups of the steppes of Central Asia.

In 1969, the contents of the Oglakhta tomb from Khakassia, including funeral masks, were transferred to the State Hermitage for storage and restoration.

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