Birsk

It was founded in 1663 as a fortress on the site of the Bashkir village of Arkhangelsk, burned during the revolt. He played an important role in the settlement of Bashkiria. In 1774 it was taken and burned by the troops of Salavat Yulaev, later it was rebuilt. It developed as a trade and cultural center of northeastern Bashkiria. With 1707 administrative center in the Kazan province, with 1734 - Orenburg, with 1775 - Ufa province of Orenburg province. Since 1781, the county town of Birsk of the Ufa governorship. Name by location near the river Bir (Bashkir "wolf"). By the end of the 19th century, the main occupations of the inhabitants were agriculture, cattle breeding, hunting, trade and handicrafts. A theater, 3 libraries, a real school and a women's gymnasium, a commercial school were opened. Factories: drawing instruments "Office", electromechanical. Factories: sewing, knitting, art products. Combine of dry skim milk, meat processing plant, bakery. Culture, science, education Pedagogical Institute. History museum. The city since the 19th century was built up with one-storey wooden houses, individual stone buildings were erected in the style of classicism, eclecticism.