The Tagar culture was a Bronze Age Saka archeological culture which flourished between the 8th and 1st centuries BC in South Siberia. The culture was named after an island in the Yenisei River opposite Minusinsk. The civilization was one of the largest centres of bronze-smelting in ancient Eurasia.

Minusinsk is a historical town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: 71,170 (2010 Russian census); 72,561 (2002 Census); 72,942 (1989 Soviet census); 44,500 (1973).