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