KRASNOTURINSK

also spelled Krasnoturjinsk, town, Sverdlovsk oblast (province), western Russia. The town lies along the Turya River in the eastern foothills of the Northern Ural Mountains. Founded in 1758, it was called Turinskiye Rudniki (Turinsky Mines) until 1944, when it became the town of Krasnoturinsk. Now a centre of the aluminum industry based on local bauxite deposits, Krasnoturinsk has industrial and medical colleges located within its limits. The town also has a geologic and mineralogical museum. Pop. (1993 est.) 66,500.