Taishet, also spelled Tayshet (Тайшет in Russian) is a town and railroad junction in the Irkutsk Oblast in Russia. Population: 35,000 (1974). A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... The Irkutsk Oblast, Russia is located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara, Lena and Nizhnyaya Tunguska rivers, and occupies an area of 767,900 km² (4. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
from: "DAY 8 - Novosibirsk to Tayshet - 734 miles (total miles 4638)" By Russia's Map
Background: Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities.