Turukhansk
Turukhansk () ( Turks/Turkic people of Russia) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of Krasnoyarsk, at the confluence of the Yenisey and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. Until 1924, the town was known as Monastyrskoye, and from 1924 to 1930 as Novo-Turukhansk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Туруханск
- Region
- Красноярский край
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 4,774
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Turukhansk () ( Turks/Turkic people of Russia) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of Krasnoyarsk, at the confluence of the Yenisey and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. Until 1924, the town was known as Monastyrskoye, and from 1924 to 1930 as Novo-Turukhansk.
It is not to be confused with , known as Turukhansk until 1920.