Turukhansk

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.

For a place called Turukhansk in 17-18th centuries, see Staroturukhansk

The coat of arms of Turukhansk features a sable, an allusion to the town's formerly brisk trade in furs
The Yenisei River basin

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.

In 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 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)		 28.0
(82.4)		 33.2
(91.8)		 35.5
(95.9)		 31.1
(88.0)		 23.8
(74.8)		 16.9
(62.4)		 3.2
(37.8)		 1.1
(34.0)		 35.5
(95.9)
Average high °C (°F) −21.4
(−6.5)		 −18.6
(−1.5)		 −9
(16)		 −1.7
(28.9)		 6.2
(43.2)		 16.8
(62.2)		 22.0
(71.6)		 17.9
(64.2)		 9.4
(48.9)		 −2
(28)		 −14.6
(5.7)		 −19.8
(−3.6)		 −1.2
(29.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −25.4
(−13.7)		 −23.2
(−9.8)		 −15.1
(4.8)		 −7.9
(17.8)		 1.3
(34.3)		 11.4
(52.5)		 16.5
(61.7)		 13.1
(55.6)		 5.6
(42.1)		 −5
(23)		 −18.6
(−1.5)		 −23.9
(−11.0)		 −5.9
(21.4)
Average low °C (°F) −29.5
(−21.1)		 −27.3
(−17.1)		 −20.3
(−4.5)		 −13.7
(7.3)		 −2.9
(26.8)		 6.7
(44.1)		 11.5
(52.7)		 9.0
(48.2)		 2.7
(36.9)		 −7.8
(18.0)		 −22.4
(−8.3)		 −28
(−18)		 −10.2
(13.6)
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)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 −17.6
(0.3)		 −39.7
(−39.5)		 −50
(−58)		 −55.2
(−67.4)		 −57
(−71)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 36
(1.4)		 28
(1.1)		 32
(1.3)		 33
(1.3)		 39
(1.5)		 56
(2.2)		 64
(2.5)		 77
(3.0)		 65
(2.6)		 75
(3.0)		 50
(2.0)		 42
(1.7)		 597
(23.5)
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[4]

References
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  3. "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.
  4. —Погода и Климат. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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