Tayga

For other uses, see Taiga (disambiguation).
Tayga (English)
Тайга (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

The former shop of Merchant Magazov (1906, architect Lygin)

Location of Kemerovo Oblast in Russia
Tayga
Location of Tayga in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 56°04′N 85°37′E / 56.067°N 85.617°E / 56.067; 85.617Coordinates: 56°04′N 85°37′E / 56.067°N 85.617°E / 56.067; 85.617
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of June 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kemerovo Oblast[2]
Administratively subordinated to Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[2]
Administrative center of Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[2]
Municipal status (as of December 2010)
Urban okrug Tayginsky Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Tayginsky Urban Okrug[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 25,331 inhabitants[4]
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[5]
Founded end of the 19th century[6]
Town status since 1911[6]
Tayga on Wikimedia Commons

Tayga (Russian: Тайга́) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located 118 kilometers (73 mi) northwest of Kemerovo. Population: 25,331 (2010 Census);[4] 24,726 (2002 Census);[7] 26,233 (1989 Census).[8]

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.[6] The station was opened in 1898. In 1911, Tayga was granted town status.[6]

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.[2] As a municipal division, Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Tayginsky Urban Okrug.[3]

Culture and recreation

Tayga contains ten objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance.[9] Five of them are monuments of architecture, and the other five are monuments of history.

Monuments of architecture

Monument IDProtection levelEnsembleMonumentLocationPhotoNotes
4200000294 Local - Merchant Magazov shop
Лавка купца И. Магазова		 24 Internatsionalnaya Street
4200233000 Local - Tayga railway station building
Здание железнодорожного вокзала		 Railway station
4200234000 Local - Tayga Church
Церковь		 Internatsionalnaya Street
4200235000, same as 4200236000 Local - Tayga water tower
Водонапорная башня		 Kirova Street, the railway depot
4200237000 Local - Residential house
Жилой дом		 34 Proletarskaya Street

Monuments of history

Monument IDProtection levelEnsembleMonumentLocationPhotoNotes
4200000064 Local - Monument to Sergey Kirov
Памятник С. М. Кирову		 Next to the railway depot
4200000295 Local - Steam engine P36-0192
Паровоз "П36-0192"-памятник революционной, боевой, трудовой славы железнодорожников станции Тайга		 Next to the railway depot
4200000296 Local - A tomb of three seamen executed by shooting
Братская могила трех расстрелянных матросов		 500 m (1,600 ft) from the last houses on Sovkhoznaya Street
4200000297 Local - Monument to victims of political repressions
Памятник жертвам политических репрессий		 13 Kirova Avenue
4200232000 Local - Building of the railway depot
Здание локомотивного депо, где выступал видный партийный деятель С. М. Киров		 Tayga railway station

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 32 440 002», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 32 440 002, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #215-OZ
  3. 1 2 3 Law #104-OZ
  4. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 1 2 3 4 Тайгинский городской округ (in Russian). Администрация Кемеровской области. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Памятники истории и культуры народов Российской Федерации (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

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