Krasnoturyinsk (russian: Краснотурьи́нск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in Sverdlovsk Oblast,

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, located on the

Turya River The Turya (russian: Турья́) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Sosva. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The river has its sources in the boggy regions east of the central Ural Mountains. It flo ...

( Ob's basin), north of

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. Population:

History

It was one of the copper mining settlements established in 1758 on the Turya River. At the time, it was known as Turyinskiye Rudniki (). Later it was known as Turyinsky (). It was granted town status and renamed Krasnoturyinsky in 1944.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as the

Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Krasnoturyinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, the Town of Krasnoturyinsk is incorporated as Krasnoturyinsk Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ

Sports

The bandy club

Dynamo Mayak HK Dynamo Mayak (russian: ХК «Динамо-Маяк») is a bandy club in Krasnoturyinsk, Russia. The club was founded in 1948 and has earlier been playing in the Russian Bandy Super League The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпио ...

has played in the highest division of the

Russian Bandy League The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy. There is no definite rule which t ...

and now plays in the second highest division,

Russian Bandy Supreme League Russian Bandy Supreme League (russian: Первенство России среди команд Высшей лиги) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three gro ...

. Their home arena has a capacity of 5000. The city is now interested in making it equipped with artificial ice. In 2017

Yevgeny Ivanushkin Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Ivanushkin (russian: Евгений Александрович Иванушкин; born 26 July 1979 in Krasnoturinsk) is a Russian bandy player who is currently playing for Dynamo Moscow and has been part of the Russia nat ...

, originally from Krasnoturinsk, became the second player, after Sergey Lomanov Jr., to score 1 000 goals in

Russian Bandy Super League The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy. There is no definite rule which t ...

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* * {{Authority control Krasnoturyinsk, Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Verkhotursky Uyezd Monotowns in Russia