Berlin, Russia Explained

En Name:Berlin
Ru Name:Берлин
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1842

Berlin (Russian: Берлин) is a rural locality (a village) in Troitsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Asian part of Russia, close to the border with Kazakhstan. It has a population of

History

The settlement was founded in 1842, and named after Berlin, to commemorate the Russian capture of the city in 1760 and 1813.[1]

It is one of several villages in the Chelyabinsk Oblast named after major European cities, other including Varshavka (named after Warsaw), Parizh (named after Paris), Leyptsig (named after Leipzig), Varna (named after Varna) and Bredy (named after Breda).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Топонимы (буква Б). 9 January 2024. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20130804060044/http://toposural.ru/b.html. 4 August 2013.