{{Short description|Town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox Russian town |en_name=Tayshet |ru_name=Тайшет |image_skyline=North Tayshet.JPG |image_caption=Tayshet |coordinates = {{coord|55|57|N|98|01|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of arms of tayshet.png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Tayshet.png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Irkutsk Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="IrkutskO_charter">Charter of Irkutsk Oblast</ref> |adm_district_jur=Tayshetsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="IrkutskO_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of=Tayshetsky District |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="IrkutskO_admlaw" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="IrkutskO_charter" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Tayshetsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="IrkutskOTayshetskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Tayshetskoye Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="IrkutskOTayshetskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Tayshetsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="IrkutskOTayshetskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Tayshetskoye Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="IrkutskOTayshetskyD_mun" /> |leader_title=Head |leader_title_ref=<ref name="Head">[http://gorodtaishet.ru/ Official website of Tayshet] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> |leader_name=Alexander Zaika |leader_name_ref=<ref name="Head" /> |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=35485 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1897 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="about"/> |current_cat_date=1938 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="about"/> |postal_codes=664802, 665000–665006, 665008–665010 |dialing_codes=39563 |dialing_codes_ref= |website=http://gorodtaishet.ru/ }}
'''Tayshet''' ({{lang-rus|Тайшет|p=tɐjˈʂɛt}}, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located {{convert|669|km|sp=us}} northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=35,485|p2002=38,535|p1989=42,391}}
==History== It was founded in 1897 as a supply point and station on the Trans-Siberian Railway and was granted town status in 1938.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://gorodtaishet.ru/index/istorija_goroda/0-239|publisher=Irkutsk Oblast|language=russian|access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref>
During the 1930s–1950s, Tayshet was the center of administration for gulag labor camps Ozerlag and Angarstroy. Construction of the first section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline started in 1937 and was managed from here. According to some survivor accounts, between Tayshet and Bratsk there is "a dead man under every sleeper." Along with Japanese prisoners from the Kwantung Army, German prisoners of war formed a large proportion of the forced labor contingent, generally under a 25-year sentence, such as Dietrich von Saucken. Surviving German POWs were repatriated in autumn of 1955, after West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's visit to Moscow.
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tayshet serves as the administrative center of Tayshetsky District,<ref name="IrkutskO_admlaw">Law #49-OZ</ref> to which it is directly subordinated.<ref name="IrkutskO_admlist">''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast''</ref> As a municipal division, the town of Tayshet is incorporated within Tayshetsky Municipal District as '''Tayshetskoye Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="IrkutskOTayshetskyD_mun">Law #100-oz</ref>
==Geography== The town is located {{convert|669|km|sp=us}} northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. ===Climate=== Tayshet has a subarctic climate (Köppen ''Dfc'') bordering on a humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and severely cold, drier winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|-18.9|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|18.4|°C|1}}. Sunshine is generous and the area receives 2,150 hours of bright sunshine annually.
{{Infobox weather|width=auto |location = Tayshet (1929−2012) |single line = Y |metric first = Y |Jan record high C = 6.9 |Feb record high C = 9.9 |Mar record high C = 17.0 |Apr record high C = 27.8 |May record high C = 33.6 |Jun record high C = 36.2 |Jul record high C = 36.3 |Aug record high C = 35.7 |Sep record high C = 32.3 |Oct record high C = 24.6 |Nov record high C = 13.9 |Dec record high C = 9.0 | Jan high C = -13.9 | Feb high C = -10.0 | Mar high C = -1.6 | Apr high C = 6.9 | May high C = 15.7 | Jun high C = 22.7 | Jul high C = 24.7 | Aug high C = 21.5 | Sep high C = 14.5 | Oct high C = 5.6 | Nov high C = -5.3 | Dec high C = -12.7 |Jan mean C = -18.9 |Feb mean C = -16.2 |Mar mean C = -8.1 |Apr mean C = 1.2 |May mean C = 9.0 |Jun mean C = 15.9 |Jul mean C = 18.4 |Aug mean C = 15.2 |Sep mean C = 8.3 |Oct mean C = 0.6 |Nov mean C = -9.8 |Dec mean C = -17.3 |year mean C= 0.0 | Jan low C = -24.0 | Feb low C = -22.0 | Mar low C = -14.3 | Apr low C = -3.8 | May low C = 2.5 | Jun low C = 9.0 | Jul low C = 11.8 | Aug low C = 9.2 | Sep low C = 3.2 | Oct low C = -3.5 | Nov low C = -14.1 | Dec low C = -22.1 |Jan record low C = -50.0 |Feb record low C = −47.8 |Mar record low C = -41.8 |Apr record low C = -28.5 |May record low C = −10.3 |Jun record low C = -5.3 |Jul record low C = -0.5 |Aug record low C = -3.9 |Sep record low C = -10.2 |Oct record low C = -32.6 |Nov record low C = -47.2 |Dec record low C = -48.9 |year high C = 5.8 |year low C = -5.5 |precipitation colour=green | Jan precipitation mm = 16.5 | Feb precipitation mm = 12.9 | Mar precipitation mm = 12.6 | Apr precipitation mm = 22.5 | May precipitation mm = 35.2 | Jun precipitation mm = 48.9 | Jul precipitation mm = 74.4 | Aug precipitation mm = 73.8 | Sep precipitation mm = 45.4 | Oct precipitation mm = 33.1 | Nov precipitation mm = 25.9 | Dec precipitation mm = 22.6 |Jan sun = 74 |Feb sun = 117 |Mar sun = 195 |Apr sun = 224 |May sun = 263 |Jun sun = 295 |Jul sun = 293 |Aug sun = 249 |Sep sun = 169 |Oct sun = 110 |Nov sun = 66 |Dec sun = 49 |Jan humidity = 79.9 |Feb humidity = 75.6 |Mar humidity = 66.8 |Apr humidity = 61.0 |May humidity = 56.9 |Jun humidity = 67.0 |Jul humidity = 74.0 |Aug humidity = 76.7 |Sep humidity = 73.7 |Oct humidity = 74.6 |Nov humidity = 78.2 |Dec humidity = 80.9 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 15.8 |Feb precipitation days = 12.4 |Mar precipitation days = 10.6 |Apr precipitation days = 11.4 |May precipitation days = 12.8 |Jun precipitation days = 12.6 |Jul precipitation days = 12.6 |Aug precipitation days = 14.1 |Sep precipitation days = 13.2 |Oct precipitation days = 14.3 |Nov precipitation days = 16.6 |Dec precipitation days = 17.2 |source 1 =[http://climatebase.ru/station/29594/?lang=en climatebase.ru] }}
==Transportation== Tayshet railway station is a major railway junction. Here the Baikal–Amur Mainline begins, branching northeast from the Trans-Siberian Railway. This is also where the Abakan-Taishet Railway ends. The town is also on the M53 Highway (Moscow to Irkutsk).
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaBasicLawRef|irk}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|mun|list|tayshetsky}} *''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502153853/http://www.irkobl.ru/government/local/atu/ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast]'' {{in lang|ru}}
==External links== *[http://gorodtaishet.ru/ Official website of Tayshet] {{in lang|ru}} *[http://www.taishet.ru Unofficial website of Tayshet] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Irkutsk Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast Category:Populated places established in 1897