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Taishet

Tayshet (English)
Тайшет (Russian)
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Location of Irkutsk Oblast in Russia
Tayshet is located in Irkutsk Oblast
Tayshet
Tayshet
Location of Tayshet in Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 55°57′N 98°01′E / 55.950°N 98.017°E / 55.950; 98.017Coordinates: 55°57′N 98°01′E / 55.950°N 98.017°E / 55.950; 98.017
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Administrative status (as of July 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Irkutsk Oblast
Administrative district Tayshetsky District
Administrative center of Tayshetsky District
Municipal status (as of October 2013)
Municipal district Tayshetsky Municipal District
Urban settlement Tayshetskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Tayshetsky Municipal District, Tayshetskoye Urban Settlement
Head Alexander Zaika
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 35,485 inhabitants
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)
Founded 1897
Town status since 1938
Postal code(s) 664802, 665000–665006, 665008–665010
Dialing code(s) +7 39563
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Tayshet (Russian: Тайшет; IPA: [tɐjˈʂɛt], lit. cold river in the Ket language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located 669 kilometers (416 mi) from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 35,485 (2010 Census);38,535 (2002 Census);42,391 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1897 as a supply point and station on the Trans-Siberian Railway and was granted town status in 1938.

During the 1930s–1950s, Tayshet was the center of administration for gulag labor camps Ozerlag and Angarstroy. Construction of the first section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline started in 1937 and was managed from here. According to some survivor accounts, between Tayshet and Bratsk there is "a dead man under every sleeper." Along with Japanese prisoners from the Kwantung Army, German prisoners of war formed a large proportion of the forced labor contingent, generally under a 25-year sentence. Surviving German POWs were repatriated in autumn of 1955, after West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's visit to Moscow.


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