Biryusinsk

Biryusinsk

Biryusinsk ( _ru. Бирюсинск) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Biryusa River (Angara's basin), 682 km northwest of Irkutsk. Administratively, Biryusinsk is under jurisdiction of nearby town of Tayshet. Population: 9,600 (2006 est.); 10,004 (2002 Census); 12,066 (1989 Census).

Biryusinsk was founded as a workers' settlement of Suyetikha ( _ru. Суетиха) named after the Suyetikha River. It was granted town status in 1967 and renamed Biryusinsk after the Biryusa River.

Biryusinsk's industrial enterprises include a timber factory and a hydrolysis plant.


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