Tayga or Taiga ( Russian : Тайга́ ) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast , Russia , located 118 kilometers (73 mi) northwest of Kemerovo . Population: 25,331 ( 2010 Census ) ; 24,726 ( 2002 Census ) ; 26,233 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .
4-667: The town is one of the biggest railway junctions in Russia . 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 . 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
8-609: The other five are monuments of history. Tayga Railway station Tayga ( Russian : Тайга-Главная ) is a major junction railway station on the West Siberian Railway in Russia . The biggest railway station of Tayga and one of the biggest in Russia . After the completion of the Siberian Railway in Central Siberia was an unmarked junction, where the railway went to Tomsk . Later
12-403: The siding was called Tomsk-Tayozhny , and in 1913, was renamed into Tayga. The design and construction of the station was attended by Russian engineer and writer Garin-Mikhailovsky . After construction of the bypass railway and the construction of another station in the town of Tayga (Tayga-2) for a long time, the station was called Tayga-1. However, in the 1990s after partial disassembly of
16-507: Was granted town 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 . Tayga contains ten objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. Five of them are monuments of architecture, and
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