Beryozovsky (Kemerovo)

city Beryozovsky Berzovsky flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Urban district Beryozovsky head Sergei Chernov Founded 1939 (Kurganowka) 1949 (Berjosowski) City since 1965 surface 83  km² population 47,279 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 570 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 260  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38445 Post Code 652420-652427 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 410 Website berez.org Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 37 '  N , 86 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 37 '0 "  N , 86 ° 15' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Berjosowski ( Russian Берёзовский ) is a city in the Kemerovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 47,279 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern part of the Kuzbass , about 35 km northeast of the oblast capital Kemerovo . The climate is continental.

Berjosowski forms an independent urban district , which is surrounded by the territory of the Kemerovo Rajon . In addition to the actual city with its districts Kurganowka ( Кургановка ) and Oktjabrski ( Октябрьский ), two villages with a total of 2,231 inhabitants belong to the urban district. The total population of the Berjosowski urban district is 49,510.

Beryozovsky is located on the railway line Kemerovo - Barsas - anzhero-sudzhensk . The stations are called Saboishchik ( Забойщик , near Kurganovka) and Birjulinskaja ( Бирюлинская , near Oktyabrsky).

history

Berjosowski (from Russian берёза / berjosa for " birch " ) was built from 1949 as a miners' settlement for the new coal mine of the same name and in 1956 received the status of an urban-type settlement . On January 11, 1965, it was combined with the nearby Kurganowka and Oktjabrski settlements, which were also built around coal pits (urban-type settlements since 1944 and 1964, respectively) and received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents	comment
1959	8,729	Kurganovka 13,551
1970	34,812
1979	41,433
1989	51,250
2002	48,299
2010	47,279

Note: census data

Culture, education and sights

A local history museum with a focus on (military) history has existed in the city since 1984.

economy

The main branch of industry is coal mining with the Pervomaiskaya ( Первомайская ) and Beryosovskaya ( Берёзовская ) pits and the Chernigovets open-cast mine ( Черниговец , one of the largest in Russia, west of the city).

There are also deposits of iron ore , gold and building materials in the area , some of which are exploited. Forestry and wood processing play a subordinate role.

See also

• List of cities in Kemerovo Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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)

Web links

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

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