Birsk

city Birsk Бирск ( Russian ) Бөрө ( Bashkir ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Bashkortostan Rajon Birsk mayor Yevgeny Dmitrievich Vinogradov Founded 1663 City since 1781 surface 42  km² population 41,635 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 991 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34714 Post Code 45245x License Plate 02, 102 OKATO 80 415 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 25 ′  N , 55 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 55 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bashkortostan

List of cities in Russia

Birsk ( Russian Бирск , Bashkir Бөрө / Börö ) is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan ( Russia ) with 41,635 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the southern Ural foreland , about 100 km north of the republic capital Ufa on the Belaja , a left tributary of the Kama .

Birsk is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

Birsk was built in 1663 as a fortified settlement on the site of the previously existing but destroyed village of Alexandrovskoye. In 1774 it was captured by insurgents under Salawat Yulayev and burned down, but later rebuilt. The place developed into a cultural and commercial center of northeastern Bashkiria and in 1781 was raised to the status of the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ).

Population development

year	Residents
1897	8,603
1926	11,200
1939	18,825
1959	24,837
1979	30,234
1989	34,881
2002	39,992
2010	41,635

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

sons and daughters of the town

• Konstantin Slobin (1902–1973), theater and film actor
• Danil Lyssenko (* 1997), high jumper

Web links

Commons : Birsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Rajonsverwaltung (Russian)
• Birsk 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)