Beryozovsky (Sverdlovsk)
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Beryozovsky
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List of cities in Russia |
Berjosowski ( Russian Берёзовский ) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 51,651 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The city is located on the eastern edge of the Middle Urals , about 15 km northeast of the Oblast capital Yekaterinburg not far from the confluence of the eponymous river Berjosowka in the upper reaches of the Pyschma , a right tributary of the Tura in the Ob river system .
Berjosowski is directly subordinate to the Oblast administratively.
Berjosowski is located on a branch line used in freight and suburban traffic of the railway line Yekaterinburg - Artjomowski (station Yegorschino ) - Tawda - Meschduretschenski (station Ustye-Acha ) opened on this section in 1916 . The city's station is called Beresit (after the local gold-bearing rock).
history
After Jerofei Markow had discovered a gold deposit in 1745 , a mining settlement was established in 1752 near the Berjosowski gold mine, which was built here . In 1938 the place received city rights.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1939 | 25,617 |
1959 | 30,631 |
1970 | 38,428 |
1979 | 42,212 |
1989 | 47,944 |
2002 | 46,744 |
2010 | 51,651 |
Note: census data
Culture and sights
In Berjowowski there is a museum of the history of gold and platinum mining in the Urals.
economy
Beryozovsky is the center of gold mining in the Middle Urals. There is also a rolling mill for special steel alloys , the construction industry and a furniture factory.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
Web links
- Official city portal (Russian)
- Beryozovsky on mojgorod.ru (Russian)