Tatarsk

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Tatarkaya station on the trans-Siberian railway
Tatarkaya station on the trans-Siberian railway

Tatarsk (Russian: Тата́рск) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located at 55°13′N, 75°58′E, some 457 km west of Novosibirsk. Population: 26,200 (2005 est.); 26,051 (2002 Census); 31,000 (1974).

Tatarsk was founded in 1911 by the merging of settlements Staraya Tatarka and Stantsionny. It was granted town status in 1925.