Biysk
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Bijsk
Бийск
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List of cities in Russia |
Biysk ( Russian Бийск ) is a large city with 210,115 inhabitants (October 14, 2010) in southwestern Siberia , Russia .
Geographical location
The city lies on the Bija river near its confluence with the Katun and is the second largest town in the Altai region after the regional capital of Barnaul, 163 kilometers away .
Biysk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name , but is not itself part of it, but forms a separate urban district that is directly subordinate to the region.
history
General
Biysk was founded as a military fortress in 1709 and retained primarily military importance until the middle of the 19th century. In 1756, Biysk played a small strategic role in the Russian conquest of Siberia. Two cannons that are now placed in the city park also date from this period. It was not until 1782 that Biysk was granted city rights and the associated privileges. The military importance of Biysk ended with industrialization in 1848, after which Biysk turned into an industrial city. At the end of the 19th century, various industrial branches emerged in Biysk. A schnapps distillery, sawmills, weaving mills and metal processing companies shaped the townscape. In 1915 Biysk received a rail connection with the laying of a branch line of the Trans-Siberian Railway . During the Second World War , a number of industrial plants from the European areas of the country were temporarily relocated to Biysk.
Population development
year | Residents |
---|---|
1897 | 17,213 |
1939 | 80,339 |
1959 | 146.416 |
1970 | 186.344 |
1979 | 211,567 |
1989 | 233.238 |
2002 | 218,562 |
2010 | 210.155 |
Note : census data
economy
Today Biysk, like most cities in Western Siberia, is primarily an industrial city. Their main branches of production are mechanical engineering (machines for the food industry), wood industry, chemical industry and textile industry. Biysk is an important tourist center and the gateway to the Altai Mountains , as the majority of tours there start from the city.
traffic
Biysk is the terminus of the Altai Railway, a branch of the Turkestan-Siberian Railway that connects it with Barnaul.
Education and culture
Seven technical institutes make up the main part of the continuing education offer in Biysk, but there is also a State M. Schukschin University for the humanities and pedagogy of the Altai region . In 2005 Biysk officially received the status of a city of science .
In addition to the drama theater, the Museum of Regional History is the cultural highlight of a visit to Biysk. Another specialty is the library with more than 3.5 million books.
sons and daughters of the town
- Georgi Stepanow (1919–1986), Romanist
- Alexander Lokschin (1920–1987), composer
- Alexander Bessmertnych (* 1933), scientist, politician and diplomat
- Ulada Tscharnjauskaja (* 1966), Belarusian badminton player
- Sergei Babkow (* 1967), basketball coach and player
- Sergey Erenburg (* 1983), Israeli chess player
- Sergei Kamenski (* 1987), marksman
- Sergei Newerow (* 1993), biathlete
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)
- ↑ Неверов Сергей Сергеевич , infosport.ru
Web links
- New official website of the city administration (Russian)
- Former official website of the city administration (Russian)
- Unofficial website (Russian)
- Biysk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)