Yeniseisk
a province of eastern Siberia, Russia; bounded E. by Yakutsk and Irkutsk, S. by Mongolia, W. by Tomsk and Tobolsk, and N. by the Arctic Ocean; area, 987,186 square miles; pop. (1908) 689,700. The S. part is occupied with the Altai Hills and their offsets. In the Yenisei valley considerable tracts are under tillage, but N. of the town of Yeniseisk this is succeeded first by pasturage, then by stretches ever more and more desolate, to the frozen tundras.
The chief river is the Yenisei. Smaller streams are the Taimyr, Katanga, and Anabar, which like the Yenisei, form great gulfs at their mouths. The gold washings of Yeniseisk occupy 12,000 to 15,000 men and several thousand horses.
Of the native tribes, who live by hunting, fishing, and trade in fur, the most are Samoyedes and Tungus. The capital is Krasnoiarsk.