Map of Tayshet, Russia

Tayshet is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 37,766. It lies at 55.9342°N, 98.0044°E. Tayshet is about 3,648 km (2,267 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Nizhneudinsk, 131 km to the southeast.

Tayshet at a glance

Where is Tayshet?

• The 12th largest city in Irkutsk Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 58 min on the shortest day to 17 h 36 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Tayshet

• Nizhneudinsk — 131 km southeast
• Kansk — 145 km west
• Zelenogorsk — 213 km west
• Tulun — 223 km southeast
• Bratsk — 225 km east
• Zheleznogorsk — 280 km west
• Sayansk — 334 km southeast
• Zima — 342 km southeast
• Ust’-Ilimsk — 364 km northeast
• Cheremkhovo — 449 km southeast

Largest cities in Irkutsk Oblast

• Irkutsk — 623,869
• Bratsk — 256,600
• Angarsk — 243,158
• Ust’-Ilimsk — 100,271
• Usol’ye-Sibirskoye — 85,900
• Cheremkhovo — 57,395
• Tulun — 51,330
• Ust’-Kut — 48,202
• Shelekhov — 47,459
• Sayansk — 43,949

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.