Birsk

Birsk is located on the high right bank of the Belaya River, 98 km from the city of Ufa.

History

This is the second Russian city-fortress in Bashkiria (after Ufa), founded in 1663 as a fortress on the site of the village of Arkhangelsky Kazan road burned during the Bashkir uprising. He played a big role in the settlement of Bashkiria by Russians. Birsk was originally a Russian city, but over time it became multinational. It got its name from the Bir River, which the Tatars called "Bire Sui" - "Wolf Water".

In 1774, the Birsk fortress was taken and burned by the army of Salavat Yulaev, an ally of Pugachev. After the end of the Peasants' War, it was rebuilt. In 1781 it received the status of a county town. Birsk changed its "registration" to the provinces more than once: since 1708 it belonged to the Kazan province, from 1719 to the Ufa province, and from 1796 to the Orenburg province. Now it is located on the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, hunting, trade. There were also handicrafts. Before the revolution, the city had a theater, three libraries, three churches, a Birsk foreign teacher's school, a county and 2 parish men's schools, a women's gymnasium, a hospital, and 68 trading shops.

In 1824, Emperor Alexander I visited Birsk. During the Great Patriotic War, the famous composer G.V. Sviridov.

In 1922-1930, Birsk was the center of the Birsk canton of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and from August 20, 1930 - the Birsk region.

Enterprises

• Birsk ATP
• Enterprise "Vodokanal"
• Enterprise "Teploset"
• Birsk alcohol and vodka plant - branch of PJSC "Bashspirt"
• OOO "Spektr" on the basis of the former factory of drawing instruments "Orgtekhnika"
• PTO Birsk - branch of Bashtekhkontrol LLC
• OJSC "Karphleb - Sweet Bread"
• Birsk Interdistrict Branch of FBUZ "Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Bashkortostan"

Attractions

• The house of the merchant Morozova. The house was built in 1910 in the style of classicism. It is located at the intersection of International and Communist streets (before the Revolution - Millionnaya and Bolshaya Ilyinskaya). The building housed shops for manufactured goods, groceries, and colonial goods. Like all merchant houses and other buildings, her house was also nationalized by the Bolsheviks, who came to power in 1917. Since 1918, various institutions have been located in her house. In 1940-1950 there was a printing house on the first floor. Until recently, the faculty of foreign languages ​​of the Birsk branch of the Belarusian State University. It is said that this is the best preserved house from the inside. There is even a tiled stove.
• Birsk Matrosov Park. "Hundred meters"
• Birsk cinema "Aurora". In 1932, a cinema called Roskino was opened in Birsk. Silent films were shown there accompanied by piano playing. The pianist was Gennady Zuev. Two years later (1934) came the cinema with sound. The first film in the city, shown on the screen with sound, was the picture "Start in Life" (1931, in fact, it was the country's first sound film).
• Birsk Historical Museum. The modern museum in Birsk has existed since 1990, but the history of museum work in the city began long before that and has more than a hundred years. Since 2014, the museum has been hosting its visitors in a new building. Its exposition is dedicated to the history of Birsk from the 17th century to the present day.
• Birsk airfield. In the postwar years, air traffic began to develop in Birsk. The airfield was built in 1955. Light aviation aircraft carried out passenger transportation to Ufa, Sterlitamak and a number of other settlements. Passenger service in Birsk existed in the 1950s and 1960s. Then it was liquidated due to unprofitability and the development of the bus service. The airfield continued to operate until the mid-1980s, receiving agricultural aircraft from Ufa and acting as a refueling and service point.
• Station without railroad.

Settlements of the Birsky District

• Aibashevo
• Aigildino
• Akkainovo
• Akudi
• Akudibashevo
• Aleksandrovka
• Andreevka
• Bazhenovo
• Bakhtybaevo
• Bekmurzino
• Berezovka
• Upper Lachentau
• Voznesenka
• Viazovsky
• Demidovsky
• Desyatkino
• Emashevo
• Green
• Zuevo
• Kalinniki
• Kamyshinka
• Kandakovka
• Kostarevo
• Koyanovo
• kriushi
• bodywork
• Kusekeyevo
• Lezhebokovo
• Ray
• Malosukhoyazovo
• Mansurovo
• Mayadykovo
• Mordvinovka
• Nizhnelachentau
• Nikolayevka
• Nikolsky
• Novobaishevo
• Novobiktimirovo
• Novoburnovo
• Novodesyatkino
• Novokulchubaevo
• Novopetrovo
• Novoyantuzovo
• Osinovka
• Penkovo
• Pechenkino
• Pioneer
• Pityakovo
• Ponomarevka
• Popovka
• Romanovka
• self planting
• Silantevo
• Simkino
• Sorvikha
• Pine
• Bor
• Srednebazanovo
• Starobazanovo
• Starobiktimirovo
• Staroburnovo
• Staroezhovo
• Staropetrovo
• Starcino
• Suslovo
• Tartyshevo
• Uguzevo
• Uzhara
• Uleevo
• Urniak
• Usakovo
• Chistye Prudy
• Chishma
• Chishma
• Shamsutdin
• Shelkanovo
• Shestykovo
• Yangitau