TURINSK, a town of Tobolsk, in Asiatic Russia, and the capital of a district of the same name, situated along the banks of the river Tura. It was built about the year 1660,
and contains 4000 inhabitants, with six churches and a convent. There is a separate suburb for the Tartars. Long. 98. 40. E. Lat. 57. 55. N.