Lower city of the round. General data and historical facts

The territory of the modern city of Nizhnyaya Tura has a rich and interesting history, dating back to the early Iron Age. For a long time, the city preserved a large number of historical buildings, mostly from the early 1900s. Unfortunately, today most of them are in poor condition or have been completely demolished.

Author of the photo: Alexey Stasyonok

General data and historical facts

The first settlement on the site of the modern city was founded at the end of the 17th century. In 1754, during the construction of the Nizhneturinsky state-owned ironworks, a workers' settlement was founded, which was later named Nizhnyaya Tura.

In 1766, the Nizhneturinsky plant was put into operation. In 1824, deposits of gold and platinum were found near Nizhnyaya Tura.

From 1852 to 1862, the Nikolaev Arms Factory produced weapons in the village of Novy Zavod.

At the end of the 19th century, the workshops of the arms factory were used as the Nikolaev correctional prison department.

In 1925, a metallurgical plant was reconstructed in the village. In 1925, Nizhnyaya Tura received the status of a workers' village, and in 1949, the status of a city.

In 1949, work began on the construction of the Nizhneturinskaya State District Power Plant. In the 1950s, the Nizhneturinskaya State District Power Plant, a mineral wool products plant, and the Elektrokhimpribor plant were built in the city.

In the 1960s, multi-apartment residential buildings and social facilities were built in Nizhnyaya Tura.

Industrial enterprises: machine-building, mineral wool, electrical equipment, Nizhneturinsk Bakery, OJSC "Uralelectromed", Nizhneturinsk printing house.

The city operates on Yekaterinburg time. The difference with Moscow time is +2 hours msk+2.

The telephone code of Nizhnyaya Tura is 34342. Postal code is 623141.

The city's attractions

Mount Shaitan

The mountain is located in the center of Nizhnyaya Tura and is not only a natural, but also a historical landmark. The mountain is relatively low - only about 320 meters above sea level. its name - Shaitan or "Evil Spirit" - most likely in connection with the pagan Mansi rituals carried out on it. Today, Shaitan Mountain is included in the register of natural and archaeological monuments of regional significance. From time to time, city industrial mountaineering competitions are held on the mountain.

Author of the photo: Sergey Komkov

In general, there are quite a lot of natural attractions in the vicinity of Nizhnyaya Tura . You can read about them in our articles “Environments of Nizhnyaya Tura: a walk in the forest park” and “Environments of Nizhnyaya Tura: waterfall on the Kosaya River” .

Nizhneturinsky pond

Author of the photo: Ivan Zhikharev
The pond was formed in 1763, and in 1951 a complete reconstruction of various structures, including the dam, began. Children's camps and recreation centers are located on the shore of the pond. In addition, the pond is quite popular among local fishermen - there are about 14 species of fish.

The average depth of the Nizhneturinsky pond is 3 meters, and the total area is 9.8 square kilometers.

Monument “Samovar – the soul of the home”

Photo source: MBUK “Centralized Library System”
The monument was erected in 2014 on the initiative of Duma deputy NTGO Andrei Postovalov , a famous collector of antique samovars and tea utensils. The opening of the monument was timed to coincide with the 260th anniversary of the city of Nizhnyaya Tura . The samovar is intended to symbolize Russian hospitality. You can find the samovar at the address: Nizhnyaya Tura, Usoshina Street 4.

Ironworks complex

Panorama of the Nizhneturinsky plant at the beginning of the 20th century.
Photo by N.F. Lagunov The former ironworks is a monument of industrial architecture of the 18th-20th centuries. On its territory there are still preserved workshops from the end of the 18th century, as well as examples of industrial construction. One such example is a blast furnace built in 1895.

Now the premises of the ironworks are the Nizhneturinsk Electrical Apparatus Plant . Complex address: Nizhnyaya Tura, Zavodskaya street 6A.

Monuments

Also on the territory of Nizhnyaya Tura there are quite a lot of monuments and landmarks. Among them is a memorial to the Nizhny Turin residents who died during the Great Patriotic War , a monument in memory of Yakov Sverdlov , and a memorial sign at the burial site of Hungarian prisoners of war.

Photo by: Patokina Kristina Andreevna

One of the most recognizable monuments is the Order of Glory monument , made in the form of this very order. It is located on Shaitan Mountain on May 8, 1975, in honor of 27 residents of Nizhny Turinsk, who during the Great Patriotic War were awarded the Order of Glory for courage and courage in battle.

Author: Vyacheslav Bukharov - own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Nizhneturinsk Museum of Local Lore

Author: Sergey Kuvaev - own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Nizhneturinsk Museum of Local Lore was founded on October 31, 1965 as a folk museum. The museum is located in the historical part of the city in the building of the former plant administration of the Nizhneturinsk ironworks . The museum has a rich exhibition on the history of Nizhnyaya Tura and the region , a paleontological collection formed on the basis of finds on the territory of the Nizhny Turinsky region . A large exhibition is dedicated to the history of gold mining at the Isovsky mines , the construction and operation of an ironworks. Sections of the exhibition on the history of the arms factory and the Nikolaev correctional prison department are of interest.

Nizhneturinsk Museum of Local Lore

Address: Nizhnyaya Tura, Sovetskaya street 2 Phone: +7 (34342) 2-57-81 Social networks: Odnoklassniki, VKontakte

Transport

There are three railway stations in Nizhnyaya Tura that connect the city with Novaya Lyalya, Verkhoturye, Verkhnyaya Tura, Krasnouralsky, Kushva, Nizhny Tagil.

Public transport is represented by minibuses and buses.

Buses depart regularly from the city bus station to

Here is a map of Nizhnyaya Tura with streets → Sverdlovsk region, Russia. We study a detailed map of Nizhnyaya Tura with house numbers and streets. Search in real time, weather today, coordinates

Famous people from Nizhny Turin

Lived and worked in Nizhnyaya Tura

• Pyotr Yakir, a famous dissident, served a prison sentence in the Nizhneturinsk industrial colony in 1938.

Born in Nizhnyaya Tura

• Evgeniy Paperny is an actor at the Kyiv Russian Drama Theater. Lesya Ukrainka, professor at the State University of Culture, People's Artist of Ukraine.

More details about the streets of Nizhnyaya Tura on the map

A detailed map of the city of Nizhnyaya Tura with street names shows routes and roads where the street is located. Ilyich and Skorynin. The city is located near.

For a detailed study of the territory of the entire region, it is enough to change the scale of the online diagram +/-. On the page there is an interactive map of the city of Nizhnyaya Tura with addresses and routes of the microdistrict. Move its center to find Stroiteley and Molodezhnaya streets. The ability to plot a route through the territory using the “Ruler” tool, find out the length of the city, addresses of attractions.

You will find all the necessary detailed information about the location of the city's infrastructure - stations and shops, squares and banks, highways and alleys.

A satellite map of Nizhnyaya Tura with Google search awaits you in its section. You can use the Yandex search to find the required house number on the folk map of the city in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, in real time. On the page

Timezone

Nizhnyaya Tura is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKTST) or “Yekaterinburg time”. The offset relative to UTC is +5:00 (YEKT, winter time) / +6:00 (YEKTST, summer time). Relative to Moscow time, the time zone has a constant offset of +2 hours and is designated in Russia as MSK+2.

Nizhnyaya Tura

- a city (since 1949) in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, the administrative center of the Nizhneturinsky urban district. Located on the Tura River (Obi basin) 220 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg.

Transport

The Yekaterinburg - Serov - Bauxites railway has a branch at the Vyya junction station and goes through the GRES and Mir railway stations to the Nizhnyaya Tura railway station. Lenin Street leads to the central watchhouse (checkpoint) of the closed city of Lesnoy. 40 km to the north-northwest is the city of Kachkanar, 60-70 km to the north are the cities of Novaya Lyalya and Verkhoturye, 40 km to the south are the cities of Krasnouralsk and Verkhnyaya Tura. The Europe-Asia border is located 80 km along the Nizhnyaya Tura - Kosya - Teplaya Gora road (Perm Territory). Highways connecting settlements of managed administrative territories and neighboring cities have asphalt pavement. The road from the Yekaterinburg-Serov highway junction for 220 km is made to bypass the city, heading towards the city of Kachkanar and the village. Is. There are regular bus and train connections between Nizhnyaya Tura and Yekaterinburg, settlements of the Nizhneturinsky urban district, and cities of the Sverdlovsk region.

How to get there?

Coordinates for GPS navigator

58.631082, 59.852340

Nizhnyaya Tura on the map

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Geographical information

The city is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains in the northern part of the Middle Urals. The main water artery of the Nizhneturinsky urban district is the Tura River with a city pond and tributaries - the Malaya and Bolshaya Imennaya, Is, Nyasma, Talitsa rivers. The territory of the urban district is covered with mixed and deciduous forests, also characterized by a large number of hills and mountains, in particular, Kachkanar (878 m), Saranaya (641.1 m), Shaitan (331.7 m), Beryozovy Uval, Krasnaya Gorka, Petrovskaya, Kolpakovsky Stone, Tent, Deciduous. At the tops there are alpine meadows and subalpine meadows, below there are coniferous forests, at the foot there are arid deserts. On the territory of the Nizhneturinsky urban district there are five environmental zones: Mount Shaitan; limestone rocks near the village. Elkino, Shumikha swamp, Verkhne-Isovsky cedar forest. Minerals: gold, platinum, iron-vanadium ores, brick clay, marble, sand, mercury-containing ore, small deposits of bauxite, brown coal.