Biryuch
Russia /
Belgorod /
Krasnogvardeyskoye /
World
/ Russia
/ Belgorod
/ Krasnogvardeyskoye
, 2 km from center (Красногвардейское)
World / Russia / Belgorod
city, district center
Town and the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Tikhaya Sosna River. Its population was 7,114 (2021 Census).
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. On January 27, 1919, it was renamed Budyonny (Будённый), after Semyon Budyonny. In 1958, it was renamed Krasnogvardeyskoye (Красногварде́йское) and demoted in status to that of a rural locality. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975, and in 2005 it was again granted town status. On January 30, 2007, the town's original name of Biryuch was restored.
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. On January 27, 1919, it was renamed Budyonny (Будённый), after Semyon Budyonny. In 1958, it was renamed Krasnogvardeyskoye (Красногварде́йское) and demoted in status to that of a rural locality. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975, and in 2005 it was again granted town status. On January 30, 2007, the town's original name of Biryuch was restored.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biryuch
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°38'57"N 38°23'50"E
- Stary Oskol 93 km
- Voronezh 145 km
- Kharkiv 174 km
- Kursk 210 km
- Lipetsk 237 km
- Tula 411 km
- Bryansk 419 km
- Ryazan 470 km
- Domodedovo 540 km
- Moscow 607 km
- Bityuch secondary school 0.2 km
- Aerodrom 1.5 km
- Kytsyna balka 2.3 km
- Slobodka 2.7 km
- Budyonnovsky forest 5.4 km
- School sports ground 6.3 km
- Turetsky Val ('Turkey's Rampart') 7 km
- School sports area 7.9 km
- Kazatsky park 8 km
- Pokrovskye Dachi forest 11 km