Berlin, Russia

For other uses, see Berlin.
Berlin
Берлин
Rural locality
Location of Berlin
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Berlin is located in Russia
Berlin
Berlin
Location of Berlin
Coordinates: 54°0′22″N 61°11′35″E / 54.00611°N 61.19306°E / 54.00611; 61.19306
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast
Founded1842[1]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
457130Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID75654440111

Berlin (Russian: Берлин) is a rural locality (a village) in Troitsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Asian part of Russia, close to the border with Kazakhstan. It has a population of 613 (2010 Census);[4]

History

The settlement was founded in 1842, and named after Berlin, to commemorate the Russian capture of the city in 1760 and 1813.[1]

It is one of several villages in the Chelyabinsk Oblast named after major European cities, other including Varshavka (named after Warsaw), Parizh (named after Paris), Leyptsig (named after Leipzig), Varna (named after Varna) and Bredy (named after Breda).

References

  1. ^ a b "Топонимы (буква Б)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.