urban settlement and administrative centre of the former Evenk autonomous okrug (district), now merged with Krasnoyarsk kray (territory), east-central Russia. The settlement lies along the Nizhnaya (Lower) Tunguska River at its confluence with the Kochechum. Tura is a transshipment point on the river. It is also the site of an institute of agriculture of the far north and a regional museum. Pop. (2005 est.) 5,500.