Timeline of Berdsk explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Berdsk, Russia.

18th–19th centuries

• 1716 – Berd Ostrog was built at the confluence of the Berd River into the Ob River.^[1]
• 1777 – The road (trakt) passed from Barnaul to Berd Ostrog, as a result this place became an important hub for horse-drawn and water transport.
• 1783 – Catherine the Great ordered to assign the status of a provincial city (Kolyvan) to the Berd Ostrog, which became the center of the Kolyvan Governorate.
• 12 December 1796 – By decree of Paul I, Kolyvan Governorate was abolished, its territory was included in the Tobolsk and Irkutsk governorates; 2 November 1797, the city of Kolyvan became a settlement of Berdskoye.
• 1869 — Berdsk Uprising.
• 1870 – Merchant Vladimir Gorokhov (1849–1907) bought the mill from the widow of the merchant Vasiliev, it was located 4 verst east of Berdsk.
• 1899 – Health camp for physically weakened children opens under the patronage of the merchant Vladimir Gorokhov.^[2]

20th century

• 1908 – Vladimir Gorokhov's son Sergey organized the cableway along which 54 trolleys move; grinding products were transported towards the Berdsk pier, and the grain moved from the pier to the mill.
• 1915 – The movement of trains along the Altai Railway begins which passed 10 versts east of the settlement; now one of its stations is part of the Berdsk.
• 1944
  • 9 February – The working settlement of Berdsk was transformed into a town of regional submission.^[3]
• 1946 – Berdsk Radio Plant established.^[4]
• 1954
  • February – the first information in the newspapers about the upcoming relocation of the city to a new location in connection with the construction of the Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station.^[5]
  • 26 March – An article appeared in one of the newspapers informing residents that the city would fall into the flood zone due to the construction of a hydroelectric power station and the formation of Novosibirsk Reservoir and that 10 000 buildings, including 2500 households, 4 schools, house of culture, kindergartens, nurseries, enterprises and government institutions will be moved to a new location.
• 1957
  • Home for the disabled, bread and garment factories were built within the new city, the construction of a hospital complex (4-storey main building for 100 beds, infectious disease building, economic building) and communication office begins.
• 1959 – Berdsk Electromechanical Plant established.^[6]
• 1964
  • February – Berdsk Chemical Plant produced the first product (antibiotic Biovit-40 for the treatment of farm animals).^[7]
• 2000
  • Autumn – S-TEP Shoe Factory established.^[8]

21st century

• 2001
  • Transfiguration Cathedral built.^[9]
• 2016
  • 7 October – McDonald's restaurant opens in the city.^[10]
• 2022
  • Population – 102 850 people.^[11]

See also

• Timeline of Novosibirsk

Notes and References

1. http://bsk.nios.ru/content/berdskiy-rubezh-k-300-letiyu-g-berdsk Константин Голодяев. Бердский рубеж (к 300-летию г. Бердск). Библиотека сибирского краеведения.
2. http://kraeved.ngonb.ru/node/5098 Горохов Владимир Александрович. Новосибирский краеведческий портал.
3. http://bsk.nios.ru/content/70-let-nazad-berdsk-poluchil-status-goroda-oblastnogo-podchineniya 70 лет назад Бердск получил статус города областного подчинения. Библиотека сибирского краеведения.
4. http://bsk.nios.ru/content/70-let-so-dnya-rozhdeniya-berdskogo-radiozavoda-1946 Т. Н. Гутыра. 70 лет со дня рождения Бердского радиозавода (1946). Библиотека сибирского краеведения.
5. http://bsk.nios.ru/content/stranicy-istorii-na-stranicah-gazety-pereselenie-goroda-berdska-v-1950-e-gg-po-materialam И. С. Келина. Страницы истории на страницах газеты: переселение города Бердска в 1950-е гг. (по материалам городской газеты «Ленинский путь»). Библиотека сибирского краеведения.
6. https://www.kommersant.ru/amp/3242946 Оксана Павлова. БЭМЗ увеличил чистую прибыль почти в девять раз. Коммерсантъ.
7. http://bsk.nios.ru/enciklodediya/berdskiy-zavod-biopreparatov А. Д. Бирюков. Бердский завод биопрепаратов. Библиотека сибирского краеведения.
8. https://ngs.ru/text/business/2021/10/20/70182017/ Стас Соколов. Как под Новосибирском делают обувь, которая продается по всей стране. Но зарплаты там меньше, чем у китайцев в 2–3 раза. НГС.НОВОСТИ.
9. http://sobory.ru/article/?object=16121 Бердск. Кафедральный собор Спаса Преображения. Народный каталог православной культуры.
10. https://ngs.ru/text/gorod/2016/10/07/50090433/ Ксения Евдокимова. Голодная толпа взяла штурмом новый «Макдоналдс». НГС.НОВОСТИ.
11. https://m.berdsk-online.ru/news/obshchestvo/nas-poschitali-102-850-chelovek-zhivut-v-berdske Нас посчитали: 102 850 человек живут в Бердске. Бердск Онлайн.