It was founded in 1971 as a working settlement in connection with the construction of the Krasnoyarsk plant of automobile and tractor trailers and semi-trailers.

Since 1973 it has been called Sosnovoborsk; The name is motivated by the pine forests (Russian: Sosnovy bor) surrounding the village.

[2] In 1970, the government decided to build the largest trailer plant for KamAZ vehicles in the Krasnoyarsk region.

Sosnovoborsk is connected by bus routes with Krasnoyarsk and Zheleznogorsk, as well as with the village of Podgorny.

A significant part of the inhabitants of Sosnovoborsk works in the regional center (Krasnoyarsk), making daily morning and evening commute.

For a long time, entry into Sosnovoborsk was possible only through a railway crossing in the northern part of the city, which caused a lot of problems due to insufficient capacity, leading to congestion.