Yurga
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Yurga ( ) 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.
Yurga ( ) 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. ==History== It was founded in 18861. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949. Soviet Germans were deported to Yurga in 1941. A memorial was erected in their memory in the German graveyard in 2000. ==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yurga serves as the administrative center of Yurginsky District, even though it is not a part of it. 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. As a municipal division, Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Yurginsky Urban Okrug. ==Military== The 74th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Ground Forces is based here. ==References== ===Notes=== ===Sources===
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