Biryusinsk

Located in the south-west of the Biryusinsky plateau, on the right bank of the Biryusa River (Angara basin), 682 km north-west of Irkutsk. Railway station. Historical essay Appeared as a working settlement of Suutikha, named after the Suutikha River, a tributary of Biryusa. The origin of hydronym is associated with either Russian vanity, or with the Turkic su "water".