Tayga or Taiga is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located 118 kilometers northwest of Kemerovo. Population: 25,331 ; 24,726 ; 26,2…Tayga or Taiga is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located 118 kilometers northwest of Kemerovo. Population: 25,331 ; 24,726 ; 26,233. The town is one of the biggest railway junctions in Russia. The town is a railroad junction on Trans-Siberian Railway, and also the starting point of the Tayga–Bely Yar branch of the Western Siberian Railway, which provides access to Tomsk.