Berezniki

city Berezniki Beresniki flag coat of arms Federal district Volga region Perm Urban district Berezniki mayor Sergei Petrovich Djakov Founded 1932 City since 1932 surface 387  km² population 156,466 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 404 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34242 Post Code 618400-618426 License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 408 Website admbrk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 25 '  N , 56 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 25 '0 "  N , 56 ° 47' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

List of cities in Russia

Berezniki ( Russian Березники ) is a city of 156,466 inhabitants (14 October 2010) at the Kama in the Perm region in Russia 278 km north of the capital subject Perm area. In terms of population it is the second largest city in the Perm region.

history

Berezniki was founded in 1932. However, the city's first roots go back to the 17th century. In 1670 the place Dedjuchino (Дедюхино) was founded near the salt mines on this section of the river . Several other settlements were in the area around this place. Dedjuchino (which received city rights before the revolution) and the other settlements were combined to form the city of Berezniki in 1932.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	64,609
1959	106.119
1970	145,580
1979	185.395
1989	201.213
2002	173.077
2010	156,466

Note: census data

Economy and development

A trolley bus in Berezniki

The potash salt deposits around Berezniki and Solikamsk , 20 kilometers to the north, are also of major importance in the industry in Berezniki. The Uralkali company is based in Berezniki.

There are also gas and oil wells in the vicinity. In addition to the serious ecological problems with which the city is struggling, there is the problem of the undercutting of the city area by mining. Parts of the city are affected by subsidence . To make matters worse, there was an accident in October 2006 in the BKRU-1 mine, which extends under the urban development. As a result of this disaster, the mine systems have been flooded since then, which means the danger of so-called day breaks for large areas of the city . Due to a lowering in the station area, the railway line coming from Solikamsk was closed in 2010.

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the population has decreased by about 60,000, as the location and conditions for successful development in Berezniki and Solikamsk are extremely unfavorable. The railway coming from Perm ends in Solikamsk. Even the paved roads only lead south. The Kama is only navigable from Solikamsk. This means that the two cities have enormous potential in natural resources, but do not have good transport links. In 2011, the German architecture firm KK Architekten, headed by Christoph Kohl and in cooperation with Buro Happold, won an international competition for the development of the Beresniki-Solikamsk-Usolye region. Your master plan should lead to a revitalization of the region, taking into account the geological risks.

Education, religion and culture

• Branch of the National Polytechnic Research University of Perm

Since 2004, Berezniki has been the seat of the north-easternmost Catholic parish in Europe with the church “Queen of Peace”.

sons and daughters of the town

• Stanislaw Goworuchin (1936–2018), film director and politician
• Wladimir Selkow (* 1971), swimmer
• Sergei Semchenok (1976-2001), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Svetlana Gladikowa (* 1992), Nordic combined athlete

See also

• List of cities in the Perm region

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Wolfgang Bauer: The Russian Atlantis. In: Zeit Online. March 10, 2016, accessed March 11, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Alexander Lozhkin: New center, new city, development within existing borders? In: Project Russia . tape 63 , p. 82-89 .
4. ↑ Berezniki-Solikamsk-Usolye master plan. Retrieved October 11, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Berezniki  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Berezniki on mojgorod.ru (Russian)