Karpinsk (Russian: Карпи́нск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River (Ob's basin), 436 kilometers (271 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast.

Those capable of work were forced to engage in strip-mining of lignite, used in housing construction and road construction, labored in a stone quarry, and at times served as skilled laborers in various workshops.

Moreover, prisoner-of-war camp #504 for German POWs from World War II was located in Karpinsk.

[4][1] The town of Volchansk, together with the remaining two rural localities, is incorporated separately as Volchansky Urban Okrug.

[1] The local bandy club is Sputnik,[12] where Oleg Sveshnikov, the father of Mikhail, is a coach.