Kirensk
Town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
title: "Kirensk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-irkutsk-oblast", "irkutsk-governorate", "populated-places-on-the-lena-river"] description: "Town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirensk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Kirensk |
| ru_name | Киренск |
| image_skyline | Privet iz kirenska.jpg |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| image_coa | Coat of arms of Kirensk (2019).gif |
| federal_subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Kirensky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Kirensky District |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Kirensky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Kirenskoye Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Kirensky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Kirenskoye Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 12640 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | 1630 |
| current_cat_date | 1775 |
| postal_codes | 666700–666703, 666705 |
| dialing_codes | 39568 |
| website | http://gorod-kirensk.ru/ |
| :: |
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Kirensk (Киренск) is a town and the administrative center of Kirensky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kirenga and Lena Rivers, 950 km north of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Geography
The town is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau.
History
It was founded in 1630 by the Cossacks under Vasily Bugor as a winter settlement called Nikolsky pogost. Along with Ust-Kut, it was one of the two main portages between the Yenisei and Lena basins. In the 1630s, Yerofey Khabarov ran a salt works here. In 1665, it was renamed Kirensky Ostrog. In 1775, it was granted town status. In the 19th century, a large number of political prisoners were forcibly resettled here, among whom was Józef Piłsudski.
Under Stalin there was a Gulag transit camp in the town. In 1991, over eighty bodies were found buried in the basement of the former NKVD building. All were said to have been killed on a single day in 1938 and all were killed by blows on the head, apparently to hide the noise. That same year they were reburied in the town (Khabarovskoe) cemetery.
During the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline, goods were shipped up the Kirenga to Magistralny. In the 1970s, a dam was built across one mouth of the Kirenga (the place was originally an island) to reduce flooding and ice jams. In 2001, there was a major flood.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirensk serves as the administrative center of Kirensky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Kirensk, together with nine rural localities in Kirensky District, is incorporated within Kirensky Municipal District as Kirenskoye Urban Settlement.
Economy
Transportation
There is ship transport along the Lena in summer and an airport, but no railroad, and no proper road link to the rest of Russia. The port is used to transfer goods to smaller ships going further up the Lena.
The town is served by the Kirensk Airport. During World War II, it was a staging point for American aircraft transferred to Russia via Alaska.
Climate
Kirensk has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are severely cold with average temperatures from −31.3 C to −20.3 C in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from +12.4 C to +25.8 C. Precipitation is quite low and is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.
|location=Kirensk (1991-2020, extremes 1892–present) |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=1.4 |Feb record high C=7.0 |Mar record high C=16.1 |Apr record high C=24.5 |May record high C=33.6 |Jun record high C=36.8 |Jul record high C = 36.6 |Aug record high C = 36.5 |Sep record high C = 29.3 |Oct record high C = 24.0 |Nov record high C = 10.6 |Dec record high C = 4.1 |Jan high C = -20.3 |Feb high C = -13.7 |Mar high C = -2.7 |Apr high C = 6.5 |May high C = 15.6 |Jun high C = 23.7 |Jul high C = 25.8 |Aug high C = 22.6 |Sep high C = 13.1 |Oct high C = 2.9 |Nov high C = -10.6 |Dec high C = -20.0 |Jan mean C = -25.8 |Feb mean C = -21.1 |Mar mean C = -11.4 |Apr mean C = -0.5 |May mean C = 8.1 |Jun mean C = 16.0 |Jul mean C = 18.7 |Aug mean C = 15.4 |Sep mean C = 7.0 |Oct mean C = -1.9 |Nov mean C = -15.6 |Dec mean C = -25.0 |Jan low C = -31.3 |Feb low C = -27.8 |Mar low C = -19.5 |Apr low C = -7.0 |May low C = 1.2 |Jun low C = 9.0 |Jul low C = 12.4 |Aug low C = 9.6 |Sep low C = 2.4 |Oct low C = -5.8 |Nov low C = -20.5 |Dec low C = -30.1 |Jan record low C = −57.8 |Feb record low C = −56.2 |Mar record low C = −47.7 |Apr record low C = −36.8 |May record low C = −15.4 |Jun record low C = −4.3 |Jul record low C = 0.1 |Aug record low C = −5.3 |Sep record low C = −11.3 |Oct record low C = −37.6 |Nov record low C = −49.6 |Dec record low C = −57.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 20 |Feb precipitation mm = 15 |Mar precipitation mm = 11 |Apr precipitation mm = 14 |May precipitation mm = 34 |Jun precipitation mm = 53 |Jul precipitation mm = 62 |Aug precipitation mm = 55 |Sep precipitation mm = 41 |Oct precipitation mm = 30 |Nov precipitation mm = 27 |Dec precipitation mm = 26 |Jan snow depth cm = 37 |Feb snow depth cm = 42 |Mar snow depth cm = 42 |Apr snow depth cm = 18 |May snow depth cm = 0 |Jun snow depth cm = 0 |Jul snow depth cm = 0 |Aug snow depth cm = 0 |Sep snow depth cm = 0 |Oct snow depth cm = 2 |Nov snow depth cm = 14 |Dec snow depth cm = 28 |year snow depth cm = |Jan rain days = 0 |Feb rain days = 0.3 |Mar rain days = 1 |Apr rain days = 8 |May rain days = 16 |Jun rain days = 18 |Jul rain days = 17 |Aug rain days = 16 |Sep rain days = 18 |Oct rain days = 10 |Nov rain days = 1 |Dec rain days = 0 |year rain days = 105 |Jan snow days = 26 |Feb snow days = 24 |Mar snow days = 19 |Apr snow days = 15 |May snow days = 6 |Jun snow days = 0.3 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0.1 |Sep snow days = 3 |Oct snow days = 20 |Nov snow days = 26 |Dec snow days = 27 |year snow days = 166 |Jan humidity = 78 |Feb humidity = 77 |Mar humidity = 70 |Apr humidity = 62 |May humidity = 59 |Jun humidity = 67 |Jul humidity = 74 |Aug humidity = 78 |Sep humidity = 79 |Oct humidity = 77 |Nov humidity = 79 |Dec humidity = 79 |Jan sun = 62.0 |Feb sun = 108.4 |Mar sun = 187.3 |Apr sun = 229.1 |May sun = 256.9 |Jun sun = 283.9 |Jul sun = 284.9 |Aug sun = 229.9 |Sep sun = 136.9 |Oct sun = 84.5 |Nov sun = 69.3 |Dec sun = 41.7 |source 1 = pogoda.ru.net |source 2 = NOAA{{cite web | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/RussianFederation/CSV/Kirensk_30230.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | publisher = World Meteorological Organization | access-date = 2 August 2023}}}}
Notable people
- Daniel Broido (1903-1990), computer engineer
References
Notes
Sources
References
- Charter of Irkutsk Oblast
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- [[Google Earth]]
- https://en.mapofmemory.org/38-45
- Law #49-OZ
- ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast''
- Law #87-oz
- "Weather And Climate - Climate Kirenske".
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