Biryuch

Biryuch (Russian: Бирю́ч) is a town and the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Tikhaya Sosna River. Its population was .

It was previously known as Biryuchenskoye Komissarstvo (until January 27, 1919),^[1] Budyonny (until 1958),^[1] Krasnogvardeyskoye (until January 30, 2007).^[2]

History

It was founded on March 7, 1705 by Ivan Medkov, a Cossack sotnik, as Biryuchenskoye Komissarstvo (Бирю́ченское Комисса́рство), and was granted town status in 1779.^[1] According to a 1897 census, the town had a population of 13,081, of which 82.3% were Ukrainians, 16.9% were Russians, 0.4% were Jews and 0.16% were Romani.^[3] On January 27, 1919, it was renamed Budyonny (Будённый), after Semyon Budyonny.^[1] In 1958, it was renamed Krasnogvardeyskoye (Красногварде́йское) and demoted in status to that of a rural locality.^[1] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975, and in 2005 it was again granted town status.^[1] On January 30, 2007, the town's original name of Biryuch was restored.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Biryuch serves as the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District, to which it is directly subordinated.^[4] As a municipal division, the town of Biryuch, together with two rural localities in Krasnogvardeysky District, is incorporated within Krasnogvardeysky Municipal District as Biryuch Urban Settlement.^[5]

Transportation

There is a railway station in Biryuch.

References

Notes

1. ^ "General Information" (in russian). Belgorod Oblast. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
2. ^
3. ^ "Biryuch district - the city of Biryuch". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
4. ^ Resolution #P/21-21-4
5. ^ Law #159

External links

• Official website of Biryuch (in Russian)
• Biryuch Business Directory (in Russian)