Turinsk (Russian: Туринск) is a town and the administrative center of Turinsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tura River midway between Verkhoturye and Tyumen, near its confluence with the Yarlynka, 253 kilometers (157 mi) northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: 17,925 (2010 Census);[1] 19,313 (2002 Census);[4] 23,189 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
Turinsk
Туринск | |
|---|---|
 House of Chirkov | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Turinsk  | |
  Turinsk Location of Turinsk  Turinsk Turinsk (Sverdlovsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 58°02′00″N 63°42′00″E / 58.03333°N 63.70000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1600 |
| Town status since | 1598 |
| Area | |
• Total | 28 km2 (11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,925 |
• Estimate (2019) | 17,060 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| • Capital of | Turinsky District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 623900–623905 |
| OKTMO ID | 65726000001 |
History
editIt was founded in 1600 as an ostrog in place of the ancient town of Yepanchin, which was razed by Yermak Timofeyevich in 1581.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Turinsk (extremes 1936-present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
7.1 (44.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
1.9 (35.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.4 (−2.9) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.2 (−53.0) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
−38.1 (−36.6) |
−24.6 (−12.3) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−40.4 (−40.7) |
−47.9 (−54.2) |
−47.9 (−54.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28.8 (1.13) |
22.8 (0.90) |
27.2 (1.07) |
30.3 (1.19) |
48.2 (1.90) |
67.2 (2.65) |
66.8 (2.63) |
77.3 (3.04) |
58.6 (2.31) |
40.2 (1.58) |
36.9 (1.45) |
33.4 (1.31) |
537.7 (21.16) |
| Source: pogoda.ru.net[6] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
edit- Konstantin Podrevsky, Soviet Russian poet, co-author of "Dorogoi dlinnoyu"
- Margarita Terekhova, Soviet and Russian actress
- Mikhail Rysev, mayor of Turinsk, and the Deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma
References
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- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- ^ "Климат Туринска" (in Russian). Retrieved December 31, 2022.