Volchansk is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volchanka River, 452 kilometers (281 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,010 (2010 census); 11,043 (2002 census); 14,814 (1989 Soviet census).