Beryozovsky (Kemerovo)
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Beryozovsky
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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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- Official website of the city administration (Russian)
- Beryozovsky on mojgorod.ru (Russian)