Beryozovo

Beryozovo ( _ru. Берёзово) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Beryozovsky District of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 7,085 (2002 Census).

History

Beryozovo was founded as a fortified settlement in 1593, which grew into a town of Berezov or Beryozov ( _ru. Берёзов) in Tobolsk guberniya, 1,100 km north of the city of Tobolsk, situated on three hills on the left bank of the Severnaya Sosva River, 42 km above its mouth in the Ob. It has more than once suffered from conflagrations for example, in 1719 and 1808. The yearly mean temperature is 4°C, the maximum cold being −44°C.

Prince Menshikov, the favorite of Peter the Great and Catherine I, died here in exile in 1729. In 1730, his enemy and rival, Prince Dolgoruky, was interned here with his family; and in 1742 General Ostermann was sent to Berezov with his wife and died there in 1747. It has a cathedral, near which lie buried Mary Menshikova (a daughter of Aleksandr Menshikov, who attempted to make her betrothed to tsar Peter II) and some of the Dolgorukovs. In the 19th century, Berezov was a place of exile for many of the Decembrists. In the 20th century, the tsarist regime banished a few revolutionaries to this town, as well.

Gradually, the town declined; it is now an urban-type settlement of minor importance.

External links

* [http://www.museum.ru/M2981 Beryozovo Museum] (mostly in Russian with some English)

References

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