Yeniseisk, a town of Eastern Siberia, in the province of Yeniseisk, whose capital, however, is
Krasnoïarsk. Yeniseisk stands on the Yenisei River, has a pop. of 8000, and a good deal of trade, depending largely on the gold and other mines of the district. The great Siberian railway route passes through Krasnoïarsk. For the (undeiphered) inscriptions found in this region, see Les Inscriptions de l'Ienissei (Helsingfors, 1889).