Biryuch

city Biryuch Бирюч flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Belgorod Rajon Krasnogwardeiski mayor Alexander Ivanovich Chernobrovkin Founded 1705 Earlier names Budjonnaja (1922–1958) Krasnogwardeiskoje (1958–2007) City since 2007 (first time 1779–1922) population 7846 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code +7 (47247) Post Code 309910, 309920-309921 License Plate 31 OKATO 14 242 501 Website gbiryuch.biryuch.ru Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 39 ′  N , 38 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 38 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Belgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Birjutsch ( Russian Бирю́ч ) is a small town in the Belgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 7846 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located almost 130 km (as the crow flies) east of the Oblast capital Belgorod on the Tichaja Sosna , a right tributary of the Don .

Biryuch administrative center is the Rajons Krasnogwardeiski .

history

The place was founded on March 8, 1705 by the Cossack Ivan Medkow under its current name, named after the Biryuchya Yaruga gorge . On December 29, 1779 he received city rights as the administrative center of a Ujesds of the Voronezh governorate . Until the beginning of the 20th century, the town remained a regionally important handicraft and trade center thanks to its favorable location at the intersection of the roads from Voronezh to Waluiki and Ostrogoschsk to Novy Oskol . After the construction of the Kharkov  - Penza railway line at the end of the 19th century, the economic focus of the Ujesd shifted to Alexejewka , 20 km to the east , which consequently also became the administrative center in 1918.

On May 6, 1922 (according to other data already on January 27, 1919) Biryuch was named in honor of the military commander Semyon Budyonny in (Sloboda) Budjonnaja (later Budjonny or (Selo) Budjonnoje renamed) and lost at the same time the city rights. In July 1928 it became the administrative center of a newly founded Rajons of the same name.

During the Second World War , Budyonnoye was occupied by the German Wehrmacht at the beginning of July 1942 and was recaptured in January 1943 by troops of the Voronezh Front of the Red Army as part of Operation Ostrogoschsk-Rossosh .

On January 8, 1958, place and Rajon were given the name Krasnogwardeiskoje (from Russian Krasnaja Gwardija for Red Guard ). In 1975 the place was given urban-type settlement status again .

In 2005, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the town, it was decided to reassign the town charter under the historical name of Biryuch and implemented by a resolution of the State Duma on January 17, 2007.

Population development

Old city arms of Biryutsch (1781)

year	Residents
1897	13,081
1939	2,527
1959	2,306
1970	7,559
1979	7,952
1989	8,798
2002	8,079
2010	7,846

Note : census data

Culture and sights

In Biryuch are Metrophanes -Church ( Митрофановская церковь / Mitrofanowskaja Zerkow) and the Virgin Birth Church ( церковь Рождества Богородицы / Zerkow Roschdestwa Bogoroditsy ) and a number of buildings from the 19th century obtained, the "trade rows" and the building the Zemstvo administration .

In the vicinity are the remains of the Belgorod defense line from the 17th century, built along the former southern border of the Russian Empire.

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Biryutsch there are companies in the food industry (dairy, canning factory, large bakery) and building materials industry.

The Biryutsch railway station of the same name is located 13 km south of the city on the Kharkiv  - Waluiki - Balaschow  - Penza line opened on this section in 1895 (50 km from Waluiki). The regional road R185 Belgorod - Korotscha  - Nowy Oskol - Alexejewka - Rossosh bypasses the city to the north.

Personalities

• Yevgeny Pavlovsky (1884-1965), zoologist ( entomologist ); Director of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1942–1962), President of the Geographical Society of the USSR (1952–1964); born in Biryuch

Web links

• Official appearance of the city on the website of the Rajonsverwaltung (Russian)
• Rajons administration website (Russian)
• Biryuch on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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. ↑ History of the city of Biryuch and the Krasnogwardeiski district ( memento of the original from February 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website coat of arms of Belgorod Oblast (Russian).  
3. ↑ History of Krasnogwardeiski Rajons ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of Belgorod Oblast (Russian).  
4. ↑ Museum on museum.ru (Russian).