Biriukove

It is situated in 18 km from Sverdlovsk near the river Kundryuchya, a tributary of the Donets. The nearest railway station, Dolzhanskaya, is situated in 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) out of Biryukove. The nearby villages Bratske and Dovzhanske are subordinated to Biriukove, because it is a center of the village council. Biriukove is located on the left bank of the Kundryuchya river, near the source. Burial mounds dating back to the Bronze Age have been uncovered near Biriukove. Biriukove was founded in 1778 by serfs from the villages Rovenky and Krasnovka, as the village Krynychne. During the Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks established control over Krynychne in December 1917, incorporating it into the Soviet Union. In March 1920, the Communist chairman of the village council, a man named M. Biriukov, was allegedly murdered by "kulaks".