Artyomovsk
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Artyomovsk is a town in Kuraginsky District
Kuraginsky District
Kuraginsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern portion of the krai and borders with Balakhtinsky, Mansky, Partizansky, and Sayansky Districts in the north, Irkutsk Oblast in the northeast, the Tuva...

 of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) south of Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

. Population:

It was founded in 1700 as the settlement of Olkhovka . In 1860, it was referred to as a mining settlement of Olkhovsky . It was granted town status in 1939.
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