The Kureyka (russian: Курейка; also ''Lyuma'', ''Numa'') is a major right tributary of the

Yenisey The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

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 Siber ...

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. The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of

Kureyka The Kureyka (russian: Курейка; also ''Lyuma'', ''Numa'') is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureyka used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph S ...

used to have a museum dedicated to

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

, who was exiled there in 1914–17. The Kureyskaya Hydroelectric Station was built in 1975–2002. It is served by the people from , a townlet sitting just above the

Kureyka Reservoir The Kureyka (russian: Курейка; also ''Lyuma'', ''Numa'') is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureyka used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph S ...

. Plans for another power station somewhere downstream are under consideration.

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It falls from the

Putorana Plateau The Putorana Plateau () or the Putorana Mountains is a mountainous area in the Russian Federation. It is a large massif or plateau crossed by mountain ranges. The nearest large settlement is Norilsk, where foreign travel is restricted. The cit ...

to the vast

taiga Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruce ...

plain of Northern

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

and flows northward passing through a series of elongated lakes, including the Yadun, Anama, and

Dyupkun Lake Dyupkun (Дюпкун) is a vast, isolated lake stretching for in the southwest of the Putorana Plateau in Northern Siberia. The Kureika River flows through the lake from south to north. It lies on marshy ground at the bottom of a valley an ...

lakes. It is long. The river drains an area of about . At the confluence, it is more than wide. Its valley forms the northern boundary of the

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 area, the village of Noginsk was ...

.Geographic Encyclopedia - Tunguska Plateau
(in Russian)

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{{reflist Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai

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