Menshikov and his family in Berezov, by Vasily Surikov.

Contemporary Berezov

Beryozovo (Russian: Берёзово) is an urban-type settlement in and the administrative center of Beryozovsky District of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 7,085 (2002 Census). Prince Menshikov in Exile. ... Prince Menshikov in Exile. ... Self-Portrait Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков) (January 24, 1848 (Julian calendar: January 12) – March 19, 1916 (Julian calendar: March 6)) was the foremost Russian painter of large-scale historical subjects. ... Urban-type settlement (Russian: , posyolok gorodskogo tipa; Ukrainian: , selyshche miskoho typu; abbreviated as in Russian and as in Ukrainian) is an official designation for a certain type of urban settlements used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union. ... Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra (Russian: ), or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...

History

Beryozovo was founded as a fortified settlement in 1593, which grew into a town of Berezov or Beryozov (Берёзов) in Tobolsk guberniya, 1,100 km north of the city of Tobolsk, situated on three hills on the left bank of the Severnaya Sosva River, 42 km above its mouth in the Ob, in 63 55 N. lat. and 65 7 E. long. It has more than once suffered from conflagrations for example, in 1719 and 1808. The yearly mean temperature is 4°C, the maximum cold being −44°C. View of Tobolsk in the 1910s. ... Guberniya (Russian: ) (also gubernia, guberniia, gubernya) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as governorate or province. ... Ob (also Obi, Russian Обь) is a river in West Siberia, Russia, the countrys fourth longest. ... For other uses see fire (disambiguation). ...

Prince Menshikov, the favorite of Peter the Great and Catherine I, died here in exile in 1729. In 1730, his enemy and rival, Prince Dolgoruky, was interned here with his family; and in 1742 General Ostermann was sent to Berezov with his wife and died there in 1747. It has a cathedral, near which lie buried Mary Menshikova (a daughter of Aleksandr Menshikov, who attempted to make her betrothed to tsar Peter II) and some of the Dolgorukovs. In the 19th century, Berezov was a place of exile for many of the Decembrists. In the 20th century, the tsarist regime banished a few revolutionaries to this town, as well. Menshikov in Exile Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (Александр Данилович Меншиков) (1673 – 1729) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire... Peter was a tall figure, with an extremely striking build of 2. ... H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias Catherine I (In Russian: Екатерина I Алексеевна) (April 15, 1683/1684 – May 17, 1727), the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. ... Andrey Ivanovich Ostermann (1686-1747) Count Andrei Ivanovich Osterman (June 9, 1686 - May 31, 1747) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth. ... Menshikov in Exile Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (Александр Данилович Меншиков) (1673 – 1729) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire... Peter II (Пётр II Алексеевич in Russian) (October 23, 1715 – January 29, 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until his death. ... Dolgoroukov (Долгоруков) is the name of a princely Russian family of Rurikid stock. ... This article is about the failed Russian revolt. ...

Gradually, the town declined; it is now an urban-type settlement of minor importance. Urban-type settlement (Russian: , posyolok gorodskogo tipa; Ukrainian: , selyshche miskoho typu; abbreviated as in Russian and as in Ukrainian) is an official designation for a certain type of urban settlements used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union. ...

External links

• Beryozovo Museum (mostly in Russian with some English)

Reference

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.