{{Other uses|Taiga (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Russian town |en_name=Tayga |ru_name=Тайга |image_skyline=Tayga Magazov.jpg |image_caption=The former shop of Merchant Magazov (1906, architect Lygin) |coordinates = {{coord|56|04|N|85|37|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Taiga COA (2020).jpg |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Kemerovo Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="Ref47" /> |adm_city_jur=Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref47" /> |adm_ctr_of=Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref47" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|32 440 002}}</ref> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |urban_okrug_jur=Tayginsky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref48" /> |mun_admctr_of=Tayginsky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref48" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=25331 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=end of the 19th century |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="TownStatus"/> |current_cat_date=1911 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="TownStatus" /> |postal_codes= |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Tayga''' or '''Taiga''' ({{langx|ru|Тайга́}}) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located {{convert|118|km|sp=us}} northwest of Kemerovo. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=25,331|p2002=24,726|p1989=26,233}}
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.<ref name="TownStatus">{{cite web|url=http://www.sibir.r42.su/section/132.html|script-title=ru:Тайгинский городской округ|publisher=Администрация Кемеровской области|language=Russian|accessdate=February 20, 2012}}</ref> The station was opened in 1898. In 1911, Tayga was granted town status.<ref name="TownStatus" />
==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.<ref name="Ref47">Law #215-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as '''Tayginsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref48">Law #104-OZ</ref>
==Culture and recreation== Tayga contains ten objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/|script-title=ru:Памятники истории и культуры народов Российской Федерации|publisher=Russian Ministry of Culture|language=Russian|accessdate=21 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416200850/http://kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/|archivedate=April 16, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Five of them are monuments of architecture, and the other five are monuments of history.
===Monuments of architecture=== {| class=wikitable !Monument ID||Protection level||Ensemble||Monument||Location||Photo||Notes |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200000294 4200000294] ||Local ||- ||Merchant Magazov shop<br/>Лавка купца И. Магазова ||24 Internatsionalnaya Street ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200233000 4200233000] ||Local ||- ||Tayga railway station building<br/>Здание железнодорожного вокзала ||Railway station ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200234000 4200234000] ||Local ||- ||Tayga Church<br/>Церковь ||Internatsionalnaya Street ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200235000 4200235000], same as [http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200236000 4200236000] ||Local ||- ||Tayga water tower<br/>Водонапорная башня ||Kirova Street, the railway depot ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200237000 4200237000] ||Local ||- ||Residential house<br/>Жилой дом ||34 Proletarskaya Street ||100x100px || |}
===Monuments of history=== {| class=wikitable !Monument ID||Protection level||Ensemble||Monument||Location||Photo||Notes |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200000064 4200000064] ||Local ||- ||Monument to Sergey Kirov<br/>Памятник С. М. Кирову ||Next to the railway depot ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200000295 4200000295] ||Local ||- ||Steam engine P36-0192<br/>Паровоз "П36-0192"-памятник революционной, боевой, трудовой славы железнодорожников станции Тайга ||Next to the railway depot ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200000296 4200000296] ||Local ||- ||A tomb of three seamen executed by shooting<br/>Братская могила трех расстрелянных матросов ||{{convert|500|m|abbr=on}} from the last houses on Sovkhoznaya Street ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200000297 4200000297] ||Local ||- ||Monument to victims of political repressions<br/>Памятник жертвам политических репрессий ||13 Kirova Avenue ||100x100px || |- ||[http://www.kulturnoe-nasledie.ru/monuments.php?id=4200232000 4200232000] ||Local ||- ||Building of the railway depot<br/>Здание локомотивного депо, где выступал видный партийный деятель С. М. Киров ||Tayga railway station ||100x100px || |}
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kem|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kem|mun|list}}
{{Kemerovo Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2011}}
Category:Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast