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Turukhansky District

District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Turukhansky District Туруханский район
District
Turukhansky Nature Reserve, Turukhansky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Turukhansky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 64°N 88°E / 64°N 88°E / 64; 88
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Established	June 7, 1928[2]
Administrative center	Turukhansk[1]
Government
• Type	Local government
• Body	Turukhansky District Council of Deputies[3]
• Head[3]	Anatoly I. Goloded[2]
Area [2]
• Total	211,189 km2 (81,541 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	18,708
• Density	0.089/km2 (0.23/sq mi)
• Urban	38.5%
• Rural	61.5%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1District towns, 6 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1cities/towns, 33 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporatedas	Turukhansky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [6])
OKTMOID	04654000
Website	http://www.admtr.ru/

Turukhansky District (Russian: Туруха́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the forty-threeinKrasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai and borders with Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District in the north, Evenkiysky District in the east, Yeniseysky District in the south, and with Tyumen Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 211,189 square kilometers (81,541 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (aselo) of Turukhansk.^[1] Population: 18,708 (2010 Russian census);^[4] 12,439 (2002 Census);^[7] 19,257 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Turukhansk accounts for 24.9% of the district's total population.^[4]

Geography[edit]

The following tributaries of the Yenisey flow through the district: the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, the Bakhta River, the Yeloguy River, the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, the Turukhan River, and the Kureyka River.

History[edit]

The district was founded on June 7, 1928.^[2] Historically the area served as a site of exile, to which individuals such as Ariadna Èfron (1949-1955) were banished. One center of such imprisonments was the gulagatYermakovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, built 1949 under the orders of Joseph Stalin, who himself had spent 1913 to 1917 exiled in the area. The prison was dismantled in 1955 two years after his death.

Later, the Central Siberia Nature Reserve was established in a sector of the district in 1985 as a protected area of the East Siberian taiga ecoregion.^[9] In 2013 the Museum of Taiga Traditions was established in Bakhta village.^[10]

Administrative divisions[edit]

Government[edit]

Turukhansky District Council of Deputies of the VI convocation

Date of election: 13/09/2020 Term of office: 5 years

Factions

Chairman

• Yuri Tagirov

Head of the Turukhansky District

• Oleg Sheremetyev. Date of election: 27/11/2020. Term of office: 5 years.

Demographics[edit]

The district is home to most of Ket people, a small Yeniseian ethnic group whose language is thought by some linguists to be related to the Na-Dene languages of North America. Nowadays, most of people still speaking Ket live in just three localities: Kellog, Surgutikha, and Maduyka, all of which are situated in Turukhansky District.^[11]

Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the district was predominantly made up of Lithuanians, Germans, Russians, Tatars and Poles. When the Soviet Union fell apart, many of these peoples moved back to their respective countries, turning the entire area into an almost entirely Slavic one populated by Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Russians. Aside from Slavic populations, around 10% of the district is made up of Ket people, and a few German families.

Notable people[edit]

• Joseph Stalin lived in exile on the territory of the modern district before the October Revolution.
• Alexander Kotusov (1955 - 2019), Ket folk singer, composer and writer of songs in the Ket language.^[12]
• Vasilina Makovtseva (born 1977), film and theater actress.

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• Законодательное собрание Красноярского края. Закон №10-4765 от 10 июня 2010 г. «О перечне административно-территориальных единиц и территориальных единиц Красноярского края», в ред. Закона №7-3007 от 16 декабря 2014 г. «Об изменении административно-территориального устройства Большеулуйского района и о внесении изменений в Закон края "О перечне административно-территориальных единиц и территориальных единиц Красноярского края"». Вступил в силу 1 июля 2010 г. Опубликован: "Ведомости высших органов государственной власти Красноярского края", №33(404), 5 июля 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Law #10-4765 of June 10, 2010 On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Territorial Units of Krasnoyarsk Krai, as amended by the Law #7-3007 of December 16, 2014 On Changing the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Bolsheuluysky District and on Amending the Krai Law "On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Territorial Units of Krasnoyarsk Krai". Effective as of July 1, 2010.).
• Законодательное собрание Красноярского края. Закон №13-2925 от 28 января 2005 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Туруханский район и находящихся в его границах иных муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №5-1826 от 21 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Законы края об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципальных образований Красноярского края». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости высших органов государственной власти Красноярского края", №5, 7 февраля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Law #13-2925 of January 28, 2005 On Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formation of Turukhansky District and to Other Municipal Formations Within Its Borders, as amended by the Law #5-1826 of November 21, 2013 On Amending the Krai Laws on Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formations of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Effective as of ten days after the official publication.).
• Туруханский районный Совет депутатов. Решение №24-341 от 18 мая 2013 г. «О принятии Устава муниципального образования Туруханский район (текст в ред. от 18 декабря 2015 г.)», в ред. Решения №10-152 от 28 апреля 2017 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Устав муниципального образования Туруханский район». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования после государственной регистрации. Опубликован: "Маяк Севера", №26, 11 июня 2013 г. (Turukhansky District Council of Deputies. Decision #24-341 of May 18, 2013 On the Adoption of the Charter of the Municipal Formation of Turukhansky District (text of rev. of December 18, 2015), as amended by the Decision #10-152 of April 28, 2017 On Amending and Supplementing the Charter of the Municipal Formation of Turukhansky District. Effective as of the day of the official publication after the state registration.).