As a closed town, it went under the codename Krasnoyarsk-45 until Russian President Boris Yeltsin decreed in 1992 that such cities could use their historical names.
Som en lukket by gik den under kodenavnet Krasnojarsk-45 helt til den russiske præsident Boris Jeltsin i 1992 erklærede at sådanne byer kunne bruge sine historiske navne.