Yaya is an urban-type settlement in the Kemerovo region, the administrative center of the Yaya district of the Kemerovo region. The village is located on the Yaya River. Population - 10,305 people. (2020).
It arose in 1897 in connection with the construction
of the railway. The status of a working village - since 1934.
The first settlement on the territory of the village was called
Shigarka and was located on the site of a Selkup settlement. The
census book of Tomsk district for 1701 contains information about
Shigarka (F. 214, book 1279). A resident of the village
V.M.Ponomarev, whose family has been living in Yaya for many
generations, claims that his great-grandfather Fedosey was born in
Shigarka in 1771. The 1859 census notes that 213 men and 145 women
lived in Shigarka. According to local historians, the current
cemetery on the outskirts of st. Zarechnaya has been used since
1600.
The second and largest settlement was Zharkovka,
located on the high left bank of the Yaya. It developed faster, and
soon Shigarka became a part of it. For the first time in the list of
populated areas of Tomsk province (Levoberegovaya street). There
were 358 inhabitants and 63 yards. All streets ran parallel to the
river. By the standards of that time, Zharkovka was a large Siberian
village. In 1861 a church was built, from that time Zharkovka became
the village of Zharkovskoye. In 1893, 555 souls lived in it, there
were 117 households. A two-year school was opened.
In 1894, a
railway bridge was built. To protect against erosion by the spring
flood, it was decided to strengthen the banks near the bridge with
large stones in several layers. Today this stonework looks unusual
on a river with sandy shores. During the construction of the railway
in the village, gravel pits were opened in the place where the bus
station, the stadium, Lake Anzherskoe and Quarry Street are now. Up
to 400 people worked on the production, serving their duty. They
took them out on horses.
During the construction of the
Trans-Siberian Railway through the territory of the district in
1891-1895. one and a half kilometers from Zharkovsky, a Yaya siding
was arranged. The name is most likely given by the builders after
the name of the river.
In 1934, the leadership of the
Anzhero-Sudzhensky City Council decided to form one working village
on the site of settlements near the Yaya station. By Decree No. 1644
dated July 22, 1934, a working settlement Yaya was formed from the
Yaya railway station, the territory of the timber mill and the
village of Zharkovsky.
City is named for the Yaya River. The name of the river probably comes from the Turkic yai - "summer" (that is, the river where there were summer camps).
ZAO Kuzbassstroy (sand and gravel mixtures, sand).
LLC Refinery
"Severny Kuzbass" Manufacture of coke, oil products.
Lesinvest Yaya
LLC. Since 1891, the company has been harvesting and processing wood. It
has a large production base.
Yaya Oil Refinery
FKU IK-37
There are three secondary schools in Yaya: schools No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, as well as a correctional school. In addition, in the village there is a center for children's creativity, a children's art school, the Phoenix International Children's Center, and the RDK. There are sports schools: "Sports complex", "Albatross" and the stadium "Luch".
The climate in Yaya is temperate continental, winters are cold and long, summers are short, warm and humid.
According to legend, the temple was erected by residents of the
village of Zharkovka, located on the site of modern Yaya, on the
initiative of a seriously ill local landowner-countess. In the early
1930s, the temple was closed, and a timber rafting office was opened in
it. Currently, residential buildings are located on this site.
A
new temple in honor of the Monk Onufry with a capacity of up to 300
people was built in the early 2000s.
On the night of February 14,
2022, the temple burned down completely.
In literature
The
action of the story of the Soviet writer Vil Lipatov "Lida Varaksina"
takes place in the village, although in the work the author places the
village of Yaya on the Chulym River.