Talitsa is a town and the administrative center of Talitsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pyshma River (Ob's basin), near the Yekaterinburg–Tyumen segment of the Trans-Siberian Railway, 219 km east of Yekaterinburg. Population:

History

Talitsa was founded in 1732 in association with a vodka distillery. In 1885 a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway was opened in nearby Troitsky, situated 5 km north of Talitsa. The settlement was granted town status in 1942.

Economy

Food, biochemical and pharmaceutical (chlortetracycline) industries have traditionally been strong in Talitsa. Forestry occupies another large section of the town's economy. The Talitsa Forestry College hosts a large collection of plants in its arboretum in downtown Talitsa. The town is also famous for its handmade carpets. A spa resort area near the town has spring-fed and mud baths, and the water is also bottled for sale as a medicinal drink.

Transportation

Talitsa can reached by train to Troitsky, or by road.

Notable people