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Yurga

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Yurga
Юрга
Town[1]
Building in Yurga
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Yurga is located in Russia
Yurga
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Location of Yurga
Yurga is located in Kemerovo Oblast
Yurga
Yurga
Yurga (Kemerovo Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°43′23″N 84°53′10″E / 55.72306°N 84.88611°E / 55.72306; 84.88611
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKemerovo Oblast[1]
Founded1886
Town status since1949[2]
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total
81,533
 • Rank203rd in 2010
 • Subordinated toYurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofYurginsky District,[1] Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugYurginsky Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofYurginsky Urban Okrug,[4] Yurginsky Municipal District[4]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
652050Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID32749000001
Websiteyurga.org
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Yurga (Russian: Юрга́) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River and the Trans-Siberian Railway. The population is 77 thousand people in 2025.[7]

History

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It was founded in 1886.[citation needed] Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949.[2]

Soviet Germans were deported to Yurga in 1941. A memorial was erected in their memory in the German graveyard in 2000.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yurga serves as the administrative center of Yurginsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Yurginsky Urban Okrug.[4]

Military

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The 74th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Ground Forces is based here.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #215-OZ
  2. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c d Law #104-OZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ rosstat 2025
  8. ^ https://en.mapofmemory.org/42-18

Sources

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  • Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №131-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований" и Закон Кемеровской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области"». Вступил в силу в день, следующий за днём официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №243, 28 декабря 2007 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast. Law #215-OZ of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #131-OZ of December 22, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations" and the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast". Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).
  • Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №104-ОЗ от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №123-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №242, 24 декабря 2004 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #104-OZ of December 17, 2004 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations, as amended by the Law #123-OZ of December 22, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations". Effective as of the official publication date.).