Tayga
title: "Tayga" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-kemerovo-oblast"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayga" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Tayga |
| ru_name | Тайга |
| image_skyline | Tayga Magazov.jpg |
| image_caption | The former shop of Merchant Magazov (1906, architect Lygin) |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| image_coa | Taiga COA (2020).jpg |
| federal_subject | Kemerovo Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_city_jur | Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
| adm_city_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| urban_okrug_jur | Tayginsky Urban Okrug |
| urban_okrug_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Tayginsky Urban Okrug |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 25331 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | end of the 19th century |
| established_date_ref | |
| current_cat_date | 1911 |
| current_cat_date_ref | |
| :: |
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The town is one of the biggest railway junctions in Russia.
Geography
The town is a railroad junction on Trans-Siberian Railway, and also the starting point of the Tayga–Bely Yar branch of the Western Siberian Railway, which provides access to Tomsk.
History
Tayga was founded in the end of the 19th century due to the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The station was opened in 1898. In 1911, Tayga was granted town status.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Tayginsky Urban Okrug.
Culture and recreation
Tayga contains ten objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. Five of them are monuments of architecture, and the other five are monuments of history.
Monuments of architecture
::data[format=table] | Monument ID||Protection level||Ensemble||Monument||Location||Photo||Notes | |---| | |4200000294 | | |4200233000 | | |4200234000 | | |4200235000, same as 4200236000 | | |4200237000 | ::
Monuments of history
::data[format=table] | Monument ID||Protection level||Ensemble||Monument||Location||Photo||Notes | |---| | |4200000064 | | |4200000295 | | |4200000296 | | |4200000297 | | |4200232000 | ::
References
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References
- {{OKATO reference. 32 440 002
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- link. Администрация Кемеровской области
- Law #215-OZ
- Law #104-OZ
- link. Russian Ministry of Culture
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