Turukhansky District
Туруханский район
District
Turukhansky Nature Reserve, Turukhansky District
Turukhansky Nature Reserve, Turukhansky District
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Location of Turukhansky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 64°N 88°E / 64°N 88°E / 64; 88
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai[1]
EstablishedJune 7, 1928[2]
Administrative centerTurukhansk[1]
Government
 • TypeLocal government
 • BodyTurukhansky District Council of Deputies[3]
 • Head[3]Anatoly I. Goloded[2]
Area
[2]
 • Total211,189 km2 (81,541 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total18,708
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
15,971 (−14.6%)
 • Density0.089/km2 (0.23/sq mi)
 • Urban
38.5%
 • Rural
61.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 District towns, 6 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 cities/towns, 33 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asTurukhansky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID04654000
Websitehttp://www.admtr.ru/

Turukhansky District (Russian: Туруха́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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 211,189 square kilometers (81,541 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Turukhansk.[1] Population: 18,708 (2010 Census);[4] 12,439 (2002 Census);[8] 19,257 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Turukhansk accounts for 24.9% of the district's total population.[4]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
189712,000—    
195914,105+17.5%
197011,284−20.0%
197913,766+22.0%
198919,257+39.9%
200212,439−35.4%
201018,708+50.4%
202112,808−31.5%
Source: Census data

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.[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 gulag at Yermakovo, 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.[10] In 2013 the Museum of Taiga Traditions was established in Bakhta village.[11]

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions of Turukhansky District
Municipal division Russian name Administrative center Number of seats km2 Inhabitants (2017)
Urban settlement
Igarka город Игарка Igarka 1 117,20 4754
Rural settlements
Borsky Selsoviet Борский сельсовет Bor 4 598,88 2574
Verknheimbatsky Selsoviet Верхнеимбатский сельсовет Verknheimbatsk 2 751,43 510
Vorogovsky Selsoviet Вороговский сельсовет Vorogovo 3 24,62 1377
Zotinsky Selsoviet Зотинский сельсовет Zotino 1 200,00 447
Svetlogorsky Selsoviet Светлогорский сельсовет Svetlogorsk 1 3,50 876
Turukhansky Selsoviet Туруханский сельсовет Turukhansk 2 1,86 4289
Inter-Settlement Territory
Inter-Settlement Territory Межселенная территория 20

Government

Turukhansky District Council of Deputies of the VI convocation

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

Factions
Faction Deputies
United Russia 12
LDPR 2
CPRF 3
A Just Russia 4
Chairman
Head of the Turukhansky District

Demographics

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.[12]

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #10-4765
  2. ^ a b c d e Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Information about Turukhansky District (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b Charter of Turukhansky District
  4. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Law #13-2925
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Central Siberia Zapovednik" (in Russian). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia). Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  11. ^ Поселок Бахта (in Russian)
  12. ^ Vajda, Edward J. (2001), Yeniseian Peoples and Languages: A History of Yeniseian Studies With an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide, Psychology Press, p. xi, ISBN 0700712909
  13. ^ Siberian Lang - Alexander Maksimovich Kotusov

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