 An intensive growth of Krasnoyarsk began with the arrival of the Siberian Route (the road "M53" nowadays) in 1735 to 1741 which connected the nearby towns of Achinsk and Kansk with Krasnoyarsk and with the rest of Russia.In 1749, a meteorite with a mass of about was found south of Krasnoyarsk.It was excavated by Peter Simon Pallas in 1772 and transported to Krasnoyarsk and subsequently to Saint Petersburg.