Turukhansky District

Turukhansky District
Туруханский район (Russian)

Location of Turukhansky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 64°N 88°E / 64°N 88°E / 64; 88Coordinates: 64°N 88°E / 64°N 88°E / 64; 88
Flag
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2014)
Administrative center selo of Turukhansk[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
District towns 1
Selsoviets 6
Inhabited localities:[1]
Cities/towns 1
Rural localities 33
Municipal structure (as of January 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Turukhansky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 6
Local government:
Head[3] Anatoly I. Goloded[4]
Representative body Turukhansky District Council of Deputies[3]
Statistics
Area (municipal district) 211,189 km2 (81,541 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 18,708 inhabitants[5]
 Urban 38.5%
 Rural 61.5%
Density 0.09/km2 (0.23/sq mi)[6]
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[7]
Established June 7, 1928[4]
Official website
Turukhansky District on WikiCommons

Turukhansky District (Russian: Туруха́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] 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).[4] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Turukhansk.[1] Population: 18,708(2010 Census);[5] 12,439 (2002 Census);[8] 19,257(1989 Census).[9] The population of Turukhansk accounts for 24.9% of the district's total population.[5]

Geography

The following tributaries of the Yenisey flow through the district: the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, the Yeloguy River, the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, the Turukhan River, and the Kureyka River.

History

The district was founded on June 7, 1928.[4]

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Anatoly I. Goloded.[4]

Demographics

The district is home to most of Ket people, a small and declining ethnic group whose language is thought by some linguists to be related to the Na-Dene languages of North American Indians. Nowadays, most of people still speaking Ket live in just three localities: Kellog, Surgutikha, and Maduyka, all of which are situated in Turukhansky District.[10]

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 counties. Turning the entire area into an almost entirely Slavic one populated by Ukrainians, Belorussians, and Russians. Aside from Slavic populations around 10% of the district is made up of Ket People, and a few German families.

Notable people

Joseph Stalin lived in exile on the territory of the modern district before the October Revolution.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #10-4765
  2. 1 2 3 Law #13-2925
  3. 1 2 Charter of Turukhansky District
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Information about Turukhansky District (Russian)
  5. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. 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

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