ABAKANSK, a town in the Abakansk section of Minusinsk province (Siberia) of the R.S.F.S.R. Pop. of section (1926) 37,281, mainly Russians and Tatars. It is situated in 54° 26' N. and 91° 15' E., north of the junction of the Abadan river with the Yenisei river ; it is a river port with a wharf. It lies in the fertile and sheltered Minusinsk oasis and is linked by river to Krasnoyarsk on the Trans-Siberian railway ; the railway from Achinsk to Minusinsk passes it on the west bank of the river. It is a centre for grain, potatoes, cattle, beekeeping products, etc., but is liable to occasional severe floods. Near it are tumuli of the Li-Kitai and statues 7 to 9f t. high, covered with hiero glyphs.