Berdsk
| Berdsk (English) Бердск (Russian) |
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| Town Day | During the first decade of September |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Novosibirsk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | Town of Berdsk |
| Administrative center of | Town of Berdsk |
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| Urban okrug | Berdsk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Berdsk Urban Okrug |
| Head | Ilya Potapov |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 97,296 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 175th |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
| Founded | 1716 |
| Town status since | 1944 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 38341 |
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Berdsk (Russian: Бердск) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, a satellite of Novosibirsk, situated on a bank of the Berd River. Population: 97,296 (2010 Census);88,445 (2002 Census);79,252 (1989 Census).
The town is situated on the left bank of Berdsk gulf, the flooded valley of the Berd River, the land is plain. There are fields to the south of the town and a pine forest of about 20 square kilometers (7.7 sq mi) to the west, between Berdsk and the Ob Sea.
The migration of Russians into the territory of modern Novosibirsk Oblast began at the end of the 17th century and continuing through the beginning of the 18th century. The people were usual for all the Siberia colonization: fugitive peasants who escaped from excessive pressure of Peter the Great's regime, Old Believers (raskolniki), people free for various reasons (volnitsa) like hunters for furs attracted by the richness of Siberian woods and others, searching for freedom (volya) and wishing to settle in these places (see History of Siberia).
By 1715, the Berd River basin was populated significantly for those ages. The risk of incursions of nomads from the south made them demand building a fortress for defense from the Tomsk district authorities.
In 1716, an expedition left Tomsk and came to the place between the Ob River and its confluent the Berd. The construction was led by Ivan Butkeyev, a captive Pole, who settled in Russia, became a serviceman and went to Siberia. A fortress was built in the angle between the two rivers. It was protected by the rivers and precipitous banks from two sides and by a dense forest on the third side. The Ob River valley was observed well too from the height of the banks.
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