Tayga is a town in Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast , also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains...

, Russia

Russia

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, located 118 kilometres (73.3 mi) northwest of Kemerovo

Kemerovo

Kemerovo is an industrial city in Russia, situated on the Tom River, east-northeast of Novosibirsk. It is the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, located in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Basin...

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The town is a railroad junction on Trans-Siberian railroad, and also the starting point of the Tayga–Bely Yar

Bely Yar

Bely Yar is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.Urban localities*Bely Yar, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, an urban-type settlement in Surgutsky District of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra...

 branch of the Western Siberian railway, which provides access to Tomsk

Tomsk

Tomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. One of the oldest towns in Siberia, Tomsk celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2004...

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History

It was founded in the end of the 19th century due to the construction of the Trans-Siberian railroad, and originally was called Tomsk-Tayozhny. The station was opened in 1898. In 1911, Tayga was granted town status.

External links

• Information portal of Tayga