Tayga or Taiga () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Kemerovo. Population:
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.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, Tayga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Tayginsky Urban Okrug.Law #104-OZ
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 Monument IDProtection levelEnsembleMonumentLocationPhotoNotes4200000294Local-Merchant Magazov shopЛавка купца И. Магазова24 Internatsionalnaya Street4200233000Local-Tayga railway station buildingЗдание железнодорожного вокзалаRailway station4200234000Local-Tayga ChurchЦерковьInternatsionalnaya Street4200235000, same as 4200236000Local-Tayga water towerВодонапорная башняKirova Street, the railway depot4200237000Local-Residential houseЖилой дом34 Proletarskaya Street
Monuments of history Monument IDProtection levelEnsembleMonumentLocationPhotoNotes4200000064Local-Monument to Sergey KirovПамятник С. М. КировуNext to the railway depot4200000295Local-Steam engine P36-0192Паровоз "П36-0192"-памятник революционной, боевой, трудовой славы железнодорожников станции ТайгаNext to the railway depot4200000296Local-A tomb of three seamen executed by shootingБратская могила трех расстрелянных матросов from the last houses on Sovkhoznaya Street4200000297Local-Monument to victims of political repressionsПамятник жертвам политических репрессий13 Kirova Avenue4200232000Local-Building of the railway depotЗдание локомотивного депо, где выступал видный партийный деятель С. М. КировTayga railway station
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