Turgenev is a crater on

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. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. The crater is named for Russian writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. To the north of Turgenev is Jókai crater, and to the south is Kōshō crater.

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