Turukhansk

Turukhansk
Туруханск
(a selo)
View of the pier from Turukhansk
Flag of Turukhansk
Flag
Coat of arms of Turukhansk
Coat of arms
Location of Turukhansk
Map
Turukhansk is located in Russia
Turukhansk
Turukhansk
Location of Turukhansk
Turukhansk is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Turukhansk
Turukhansk
Turukhansk (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Coordinates: 65°47′49″N 87°58′05″E / 65.797°N 87.968°E / 65.797; 87.968
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai
Administrative districtTurukhansky District
Founded1657
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
 • Municipal districtTurukhansky Municipal District
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[1])
Postal code(s)[2]
663230, 663231
Dialing code(s)+7 39190
OKTMO ID04654434101

Turukhansk (Russian: Туруха́нск) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located 1,474 kilometers (916 mi) 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 Staroturukhansk [ru], known as Turukhansk until 1920.

History

One of the first Russian settlements in Siberia, Turukhansk was founded in 1607 as a winter camp (зимовье) for Cossacks and merchants. After the disastrous fires of Mangazeya in 1619, 1642, and 1662, Turukhansk welcomed a large portion of the older colony's population and became known as New Mangazeya. A timber fort with cannons was built there in 1677. The settlement hosted one of the largest fairs in Siberia and was incorporated as an uyezd town of Turukhansk in 1785. The town declined after 1822.

During the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, Turukhansk was often used as a destination for political exile. Among people exiled there were Julius Martov, Yakov Sverdlov, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev, Alexander Ulanovsky, Marina Tsvetaeva's daughter Ariadna Èfron, Yuz Aleshkovsky and Archbishop Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky.

Demographics

Transportation

The town is served by the Turukhansk Airport.

Climate

The climate of Turukhansk is classified as continental subarctic (Dfc) in the Köppen climate classification system and as continental sub-arctic (taiga) with mild summers and severely cold winters (ECld) in the Trewartha climate classification system.

Climate data for Turukhansk
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 0.5
(32.9) 		0.8
(33.4) 		8.7
(47.7) 		15.6
(60.1) 		27.5
(81.5) 		33.2
(91.8) 		35.5
(95.9) 		31.2
(88.2) 		24.9
(76.8) 		16.9
(62.4) 		3.4
(38.1) 		1.1
(34.0) 		35.5
(95.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −21.6
(−6.9) 		−17.9
(−0.2) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		6.7
(44.1) 		18.1
(64.6) 		21.9
(71.4) 		17.6
(63.7) 		9.6
(49.3) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−14.9
(5.2) 		−19.6
(−3.3) 		−0.8
(30.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −25.5
(−13.9) 		−22.4
(−8.3) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−5.9
(21.4) 		1.9
(35.4) 		12.6
(54.7) 		16.6
(61.9) 		13.0
(55.4) 		5.9
(42.6) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		−18.7
(−1.7) 		−23.4
(−10.1) 		−5.3
(22.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −29.5
(−21.1) 		−26.5
(−15.7) 		−18.7
(−1.7) 		−11.3
(11.7) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		7.8
(46.0) 		11.6
(52.9) 		9.1
(48.4) 		2.9
(37.2) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−22.5
(−8.5) 		−27.4
(−17.3) 		−9.5
(14.9)
Record low °C (°F) −57
(−71) 		−55.3
(−67.5) 		−50
(−58) 		−42
(−44) 		−26.6
(−15.9) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		0.1
(32.2) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		−17.6
(0.3) 		−39.7
(−39.5) 		−50
(−58) 		−55.2
(−67.4) 		−57
(−71)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 34.5
(1.36) 		30.7
(1.21) 		35.0
(1.38) 		35.4
(1.39) 		44.4
(1.75) 		60.4
(2.38) 		63.3
(2.49) 		84.2
(3.31) 		66.3
(2.61) 		81.6
(3.21) 		51.5
(2.03) 		44.7
(1.76) 		632
(24.88)
Average rainy days 0 0 1 6 12 18 17 20 20 11 1 0.1 105
Average snowy days 28 24 24 16 8 0.5 0 0 2 18 26 28 174
Average relative humidity (%) 76 76 73 65 64 64 69 77 79 84 80 77 74
Source: pogoda.ru.net[7]

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