Birth of Yurga Station
Yurga station opened in 1906. But the siding plan was approved back in 1902: 4 tracks — main, passenger, passing, and military. From 1906, Yurga became a railway settlement. Steam …
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Trans-Siberian Railway: The Event That Changed Everything
Without the railway, Yurga might have remained a village. But the Trans-Siberian Railway passed nearby — and this became a turning point. The great road connects the country, and …
Old Yurga: First Houses and Settlers
The first houses of Yurga were offshoots of the village of Polomoshnoye. Approximately 1875–1876 (officially — 1886). People were drawn here by the fertile banks of the Yurga …
Why Yurga is Called So: Versions
The name “Yurga” is a mystery with several answers. There were many versions: Selkup — “fat river” (in spring the banks turned yellow from buttercups); …
First Mention of Yurga (1734)
1734 — the first line about Yurga in a document. During the Second Kamchatka Expedition, student S. P. Krasheninnikov traveled along the Tom River, carefully recording all …
Where Yurga Begins: XVII–XVIII Centuries
Yurga is older than it seems. Before the city, before the station, before the factories — there was a small Russian settlement called Ust-Iskitim. Late XVII century. Quiet life by …