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Turukhansky
Turukhansky District (russian: Туруха́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2925 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk 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 .Official website of Krasnoyarsk KraiInformation about Turukhansky District Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Turukhansk. Population: 12,439 ( 2002 Census); The population of Turukhansk accounts for 24.9% of the district's total population. Geography 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 The district was founded on June 7, 1928. The Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igarka
Igarka (russian: Ига́рка) is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Igarka is a monotown established around a sawmill which processed timber logged in the basin of the Yenisei River for export. Up to 1956, it was largely inhabited by deportees and political prisoners. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the town's population has rapidly declined – it decreased from to 4,417 (2019). History Igarka was founded in 1929 as a sawmill and a timber-exporting port by the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route. Timber was logged in the basin of the Yenisei River, floated to Igarka where it was processed, and then exported to various distribution centers. The town grew rapidly as deportees during the dekulakization campaigns were sent to the town. Igarka was granted city status in 1931. The town's construction was directed by who envisioned Igarka as an ideal Soviet Arctic city. In 1939, the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhta (Turukhansky District)
Bakhta (russian: Бахта) is a rural locality (a village) in Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.Law #10-4765 It is part of Turukhansky Municipal District. The village is located in the right bank of the Yenisei, by its confluence with the Bakhta River. There is a pier for boats reaching the village. Bakhta houses the Museum of Taiga Traditions. Mirnoye hamlet is located approximately to the south of Bakhta, also on the same bank of the Yenisei. in the movie of 2010 '' Happy People: A Year in the Taiga'' by Werner Herzog focuses on the life of the people in the village of Bakhta. Protected area The Central Siberia Nature Reserve, a protected area of the East Siberian taiga ecoregion, is located in the limits of Bakhta. See also *Tunguska Plateau The Tunguska Plateau ( rus, Тунгусское плато) is a mountain plateau in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is a part of the Central Siberian Plateau. The plateau is located in largely uninhabited a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorogovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Vorogovo (russian: Ворогово) is a rural locality (selo) in Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in .... It had a population of 856 in 2010, a decrease from its 2002 population of 1104. Climate Vorogovo has a subarctic climate ( Dfc) References {{Reflist Rural localities in Turukhansky District Road-inaccessible communities of Krasnoyarsk Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bor, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Bor (russian: Бор) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River just downstream of its confluence with the Podkamennaya Tunguska. Geography Bor stands directly opposite the village of Podkamennaya Tunguska on the other side of the Yenisei River. Transportation Bor is served by the Podkamennaya Tunguska Airport. Climate Bor has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfc''). Winters are severely cold with average temperatures from in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from in July. Precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hai ... is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer and autumn than at other times of the year. References {{Authority contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Siberia Nature Reserve
Central Siberia Nature Reserve (russian: Центрально-Сибирский заповедник) (also Tsentralnosibirsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve). With over 1 million hectares of protected area, it is one of the largest forest reserves in the world. The reserve is located in the middle Yenisei, lower Bakhta and lower Stony Tunguska river valleys, of the Central Siberian Plateau. Notably, the territory covers both banks of the Yenisei for over 60 km. The reserve is situated in the Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Topography The Central Siberia Reserve has a terrain that is mostly taiga (about 80% of the territory) and Yenisei floodplain meadows and wetlands (20%). It is located towards the northern edge of the taiga belt, and on the low hills of the west of the plateau. The reserve covers both sides of the Yenisei, and runs parallel to the Stony Tunguska river to the south. Climate and Ecoregion Central Siberia is located in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeniseysky District
Yeniseysky District (russian: Енисе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3140 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai and borders with Turukhansky and Evenkiysky Districts in the north, Severo-Yeniseysky and Motyginsky Districts in the east, Kazachinsky District in the southeast, Pirovsky, Birilyussky, and Tyukhtetsky Districts in the southwest, Tomsk Oblast in the west, and with Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Yeniseysk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 31,315 ( 2002 Census); History The district was founded on April 4, 1924.Official website of Krasnoyarsk KraiInformation about Yeniseysky District Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeniseysky District is one of the forty-three in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turukhansk
Turukhansk (russian: Туруха́нск) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of Krasnoyarsk, at the confluence of the Yenisey and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. It is not to be confused with , known as Turukhansk until 1920. History One of the first Russian settlements in Siberia, Turukhansk was founded in 1607 as a winter camp () 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, Yak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Krasnoyarsk Krai ...
Administrative and municipal divisions See also * Administrative divisions of Evenk Autonomous Okrug * Administrative divisions of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug References {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhta River
The Bakhta () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yenisey. The Bakhta is long, and the area of its basin is . The lower reaches of the river are navigable. Course The Bakhta has its source in the Tunguska Plateau, part of the western side of the Central Siberian Plateau. It begins flowing northwestwards, then it bends about midway through its course and flows roughly southwestwards.Бахта, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978. The Bakhta flows in a remote mountainous area through a narrow valley surrounded by taiga until it leaves the plateau area and flows across the Yenisei plain. The Bakhta joins the right bank of the Yenisey at Bakhta village. The confluence is located roughly halfway between the mouths of the Podkamennaya Tunguska and Nizhnyaya Tunguska. Google Earth The river freezes in mid-October and stays frozen until mid-May. A section of the lower course of the river, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siberia (after Novosibirsk and Omsk). Comprising half of the Siberian Federal District, Krasnoyarsk Krai is the largest krai in the Russian Federation, the second largest federal subject (after neighboring Sakha) and the third largest subnational governing body by area in the world, after Sakha and the Australian state of Western Australia. The krai covers an area of , which is nearly one quarter the size of the entire country of Canada (the next-largest country in the world after Russia), constituting roughly 13% of the Russian Federation's total area and containing a population of 2,828,187 (more than a third of them in the city of Krasnoyarsk), or just under 2% of its population, per the 2010 Census. Geography The krai lies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District (russian: Таймы́рский Долга́но-Не́нецкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #2-54 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai above the Arctic Circle on the Taymyr Peninsula and borders with Laptev and Kara Seas in the north, the Sakha Republic in the east, Evenkiysky and Turukhansky Districts in the south, and with Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk KraiInformation about Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District Its administrative center is the town of Dudinka, which accounts for 64.4% of the district's total population. The 2010 Russian census counted 34,432 people in the whole district, as opposed to 39,786 ( 2002 Census) in 2002, and in 1989. Norilsk is an enclave surrounded by, but independent from, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. In 2005, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evenkiysky District
Evenkiysky District (russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н), or Evenkia (russian: Эвенкия),According to Article 2.4 of the Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, the names "Evenkiysky Municipal District" and "Evenkia" have equal status. is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-6271 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia. Before January 1, 2007, it was split into three different districts - Baykitsky, Ilimpiyskiy and Tungussko-Chunsky - as the Evenk Autonomous Okrug—a federal subject (an autonomous okrug) of Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the krai and borders with Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District in the north, the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast in the east, Kezhemsky, Boguchansky, Motyginsky, and Severo-Yeniseysky Districts & Yeniseysky District in the south, and with Turukhansky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
