Berdy (russian: Берды) is a part of the
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Orenburg
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Orenburg Oblast
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Russia
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The name comes from the Bashkir language and translated as fish Grayling ( ba , Bәrҙe).
history of the village Berdy , Berdskaya settlement
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History
Berdskaya in Orenburg Governorate
Orenburg Governorate (russian: Оренбургская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire with the center in the city of Orenburg, Ufa (1802-1865).
The governorate was created in 1744 from ...
, was founded i
1736
as a serf village. In 1743, the fortress of Berdskaya was chosen as the final place to build the city of Orenburg. Located near the confluence of the river Sakmara into the river Urals
The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through European ...
. In 1743 in Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
was founded at its present location General Shtokman, with Berdskaya fortress attributed to the river SAKMAR. In the middle of the 18th century village Berdskaya located 7 miles from the Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
as well.
The Village of Berdskaya (Berdskaya settlement) has played a significant role in the formation of Orenburg Cossack troops. For example, in 1744 the Orenburg irregular corps of 700 people was established from the people of Orenburg and Berd, which became the basis in 1748 of the "Orenburg irregular troops."
In 1773 have settled in Berd rate Yemelyan Pugachev
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (russian: Емельян Иванович Пугачёв; c. 1742) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks who led a great popular insurrection during the reign of Catherine the Great. Pugachev claimed to be Catherine's ...
during the siege of their Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
as well. The villagers and factories of Berd settlement were sent messengers with his manifesto, in which he declared the eternal will of the people, proclaiming liberation from servitude to the landowners and factory owners, and from taxes and duties. He granted the land, called for the destruction of feudalism, and proclaimed freedom of religion.
In 1833 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
visited Berdy for the study and collection of materials on the history of Pugachev.
Berdy was merged into Orenburg in 1959.
Notable people
* Alexander P. Korovyakov (b. 16 November 1912, Berdskaya, Orenburg Province; d. 1993, St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) - Soviet Russian painter, a painter, a member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 - Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of the RSFSR), a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.
References
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Orenburg
Orenburg Governorate
Cultural heritage monuments in Orenburg
Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance