| En Name: | Biryuch |
| Ru Name: | Бирюч |
| Coordinates: | 50.65°N 62°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Biryuch.svg |
| Federal Subject: | Belgorod Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Krasnogvardeysky District |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Krasnogvardeysky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Krasnogvardeysky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Biryuch Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Krasnogvardeysky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Biryuch Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 7846 |
| Established Date: | March 7, 1705 |
| Current Cat Date: | 2005 |
| Postal Codes: | 309920 |
| Dialing Codes: | 47247 |
| Website: | http://biryuch.ru/ |
Biryuch (Russian: Бирю́ч) is a town and the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, 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).
It was founded on March 7, 1705 by Ivan Medkov, a Cossack sotnik, as Biryuchenskoye Komissarstvo (Russian: Бирю́ченское Комисса́рство), and was granted town status in 1779.[1] According to a 1897 census, the town had a population of 13,081, of which 82.3% were Ukrainians, 16.9% were Russians, 0.4% were Jews and 0.16% were Romani.[2] On January 27, 1919, it was renamed Budyonny (Russian: Будённый), after Semyon Budyonny.[1] In 1958, it was renamed Krasnogvardeyskoye (Russian: Красногварде́йское) and demoted in status to that of a rural locality.[1] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975, and in 2005 it was again granted town status.[1] On January 30, 2007, the town's original name of Biryuch was restored.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Biryuch serves as the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[4] As a municipal division, the town of Biryuch, together with two rural localities in Krasnogvardeysky District, is incorporated within Krasnogvardeysky Municipal District as Biryuch Urban Settlement.[5]
There is a railway station in Biryuch.