Biryuch (russian: Бирю́ч) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

and the

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of Krasnogvardeysky District in

Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: History At the turn of the 17th ...

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, located on the bank of the Tikhaya Sosna River. Its population was . It was previously known as ''Biryuchenskoye Komissarstvo'' (until January 27, 1919), ''Budyonny'' (until 1958), ''Krasnogvardeyskoye'' (until January 30, 2007).

History

It was founded on March 7, 1705 by Ivan Medkov, a

Cossack The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...

sotnik Sotnik or sotnyk (, uk, сотник, bg, стотник) was a military rank among the Cossack '' starshyna'' (military officers), Strelets Troops (17th century) in Muscovy and Imperial Cossack cavalry (since 1826), the Ukrainian Insurgent Arm ...

'', as Biryuchenskoye Komissarstvo (), and was granted town status in 1779. On January 27, 1919, it was renamed Budyonny (), after

Semyon Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian c ...

. In 1958, it was renamed Krasnogvardeyskoye () and demoted in status to that of a rural locality. It was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

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.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Biryuch serves as the

of Krasnogvardeysky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Resolution #P/21-21-4 As a municipal division, the

of Biryuch, together with two rural localities in Krasnogvardeysky District, is incorporated within Krasnogvardeysky Municipal District as Biryuch Urban Settlement.Law #159

Transportation

There is a railway station in Biryuch.

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External links

Official website of Biryuch

Biryuch Business Directory
{{Use mdy dates, date=October 2013 Cities and towns in Belgorod Oblast Populated places in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast Biryuchensky Uyezd Populated places established in 1705 1705 establishments in Russia