Krasnoturyinsk

Krasnoturyinsk

Krasnoturyinsk ( _ru. Краснотурьинск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River (Ob's basin), km to mi|348 north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 64,878 (2002 Census); 67,324 (1989 Census).

It was one of the copper mining settlements established in 1758 on the Turya River. At the time, it was known as Turyinskiye Rudniki ( _ru. Турьинские Рудники). Later it was known as Turyinsky ( _ru. Турьинский). It was granted town status and renamed Krasnoturyinsky in 1944.

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