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Turukhansk
Туруханск | |
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(a selo) | |
![]() View of the pier from Turukhansk | |
Coordinates: 65°47′49″N 87°58′05″E / 65.797°N 87.968°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Administrative district | Turukhansky District |
Founded | 1657 |
Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
• Municipal district | Turukhansky Municipal District |
Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ![]() |
Postal code(s)[2] | 663230, 663231 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 39190 |
OKTMO ID | 04654434101 |
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 , known as Turukhansk until 1920.
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