- Biryuch
Biryuch ( _ru. Бирюч) is a town and the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District of
Belgorod Oblast ,Russia , located on the bank of theTikhaya Sosna River . Population: 8,100 (2005 est.); ru-census|p2002=8,079|p1989=8,526It was founded on
March 7 ,1705 by Ivan Medkov, a Cossacksotnik as Biryuchenskoye Komissarstvo ( _ru. Бирю́ченское Комисса́рство), and was granted town status in 1779. OnJanuary 27 ,1919 , it was renamed Budyonny ( _ru. Будённый), afterSemyon Budyonny . In 1958 it was renamed Krasnogvardeyskoye ( _ru. Красногварде́йское) and demoted in status to village. It was grantedurban-type settlement status in 1975, and in 2005 it was again granted town status. OnJanuary 30 ,2007 , the town's original name of Biryuch was restored.cite Russian law
ru_type=Федеральный закон
ru_number=7-ФЗ
ru_date=30 января 2007 г.
ru_title=О переименовании города Красногвардейское Красногвардейского района Белгородской области в город Бирюч
en_type=Federal Law
en_number=7-FZ
en_date=January 30 ,2007
en_title=On Changing the Name of the Town of Krasnogvardeyskoye of Krasnogvardeysky District of Belgorod Oblast to the Town of Biryuch]There is a
railway station in Biryuch.References
External links
*Gerb.bel.ru. [http://www.gerb.bel.ru/pages/kray/kr_gv_i.htm "История города Бирюч (Красногвардейское) и Красногвардейского района"] ("History of Biryuch and Krasnogvardeysky District" ru icon
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