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]