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.

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History

It was founded in 1886. 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.