Turinsk Explained

En Name:Turinsk
Ru Name:Туринск
Coordinates:58.0333°N 63.7°W
Map Label Position:right
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Turinsk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
Flag Caption:Flag of Turinsk
Federal Subject:Sverdlovsk Oblast
Adm Ctr Of1:Turinsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Area Km2:28
Pop 2010Census:17925
Pop Latest:17060
Pop Latest Date:2019
Current Cat Date:1598
Date:July 2020

Turinsk (Russian: Туринск) is a town and the administrative center of Turinsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tura River midway between Verkhoturye and Tyumen, near its confluence with the Yarlynka, 253km (157miles) northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population:

History

It was founded in 1600 as an ostrog in place of the ancient town of Yepanchin, which was razed by Yermak Timofeyevich in 1581.

Notable people