Jurga

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city Jurga Юрга flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Urban district Jurga mayor Anatoly Tankov Founded 1886 City since 1949 surface 45  km² population 81,533 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1812 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38451 Post Code 652050-652062 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 449 Website www.adm.yrg.kuzbass.net Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 44 '  N , 84 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 44 '0 "  N , 84 ° 54' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Jurga ( Russian Юрга ) is a city with 81,533 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in western Siberia in Russia on the Tom River . It is relatively centrally located between the cities of Novosibirsk , Tomsk and Kemerovo on the Trans-Siberian railway line .

history

The city was founded in 1886 as a station settlement and only gained industrial importance during the Second World War , when mechanical engineering companies were relocated there from the European part of the country in order to locate them outside the range of German aircraft. Various industrial plants, for example from Leningrad, were transported to Jurga within a very short time and then rebuilt there.

During the Second World War and afterwards, the POW camp 526 for German prisoners of war existed here . Today there is still a small cemetery with gravestones with German inscriptions that commemorate the deceased German prisoners of war. The prisoners of war built numerous houses in Jurga in the southern German style. The houses are being renovated today and give the city an interesting touch next to the numerous prefabricated buildings from the Soviet era .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4,746
1959	46,556
1970	62.092
1979	78,298
1989	93.202
2002	85,555
2010	81,533

Note: census data

economy

The economy relies mainly on the railway workshops, mechanical engineering and the construction industry.

The furniture industry, which used to be very strong, has largely disappeared after several plant closings. There are only a few smaller handicraft businesses that manufacture furniture.

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  Culture house in Jurga

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  Jurga railway station

See also

• List of cities in Kemerovo Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.

Web links

Commons : Jurga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Jurga on mojgorod.ru (Russian)