Yurga

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.[2]

History

It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949.[3]

Soviet Germans were deported to Yurga in 1941. A memorial was erected in their memory in the German graveyard in 2000.[4]

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.[5] 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.[5] As a municipal division, Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Yurginsky Urban Okrug.[6]

Military

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