Biysk
Biysk (Russian: Бийск, IPA: [bʲijsk]) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia. It is on the Biya River not far from its confluence with the Katun River. It is the second largest city of the krai (after Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai). Population: 180,851 (2024).[6]
| Biysk (English) Бийск (Russian) | |
|---|---|
| - City[1] - | |
 Sovetskaya Street in Biysk | |
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| City Day | June 18 |
| Administrative status (as of June 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of krai significance of Biysk[1] |
| Municipal status (as of March 2009) | |
| Urban okrug | Biysk Urban Okrug[2] |
| Head | Alexander Studenikin[3] |
| Representative body | Duma |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 210,115 inhabitants[4] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 89th |
| Time zone | OMST (UTC+07:00) |
| Founded | 1709[5] |
| City status since | 1782[5] |
| Postal code(s) | 659300–659306, 659308, 659309, 659311, 659314–659316, 659318–659323, 659325, 659326, 659328–659330, 659332–659336, 659399 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3854 |
| Official website | |
Climate
Biysk has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with frigid, rather dry winters and very warm, damp summers.
| Climate data for Biysk (1991-2020), extremes 1936-present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
33.7 (92.7) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.9 (102) |
38.8 (101.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
38.9 (102) |
| Average high °C (°F) | -13.0 (8.6) |
-9.2 (15.4) |
-0.3 (31.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.9 (75) |
17.7 (63.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
-2.1 (28.2) |
-9.6 (14.7) |
7.88 (46.19) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | -16.4 (2.5) |
-13.1 (8.4) |
-4.5 (23.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
12.8 (55) |
4.5 (40.1) |
-5.4 (22.3) |
-12.8 (9) |
3.58 (38.44) |
| Average low °C (°F) | -20.3 (-4.5) |
-17.7 (0.1) |
-9.5 (14.9) |
-1.1 (30) |
6.6 (43.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
-9.1 (15.6) |
-16.6 (2.1) |
-1.37 (29.54) |
| Record low °C (°F) | -51.8 (-61.2) |
-50.6 (-59.1) |
-43.1 (-45.6) |
-31.5 (-24.7) |
-7.8 (18) |
-1.2 (29.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
-2.1 (28.2) |
-7.6 (18.3) |
-24.1 (-11.4) |
-43.9 (-47) |
-50.5 (-58.9) |
-51.8 (-61.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (0.98) |
26 (1.02) |
24 (0.94) |
34 (1.34) |
54 (2.13) |
55 (2.17) |
65 (2.56) |
62 (2.44) |
45 (1.77) |
49 (1.93) |
39 (1.54) |
31 (1.22) |
509 (20.04) |
| Source #1: "Climate Data - Russia". | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Pogoda.ru.net (extremes)[7] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Alexander Bessmertnykh (born 1933), Russian diplomat
- Aleksandr Bogatyryov (1963–2009), Kazakhstani football player
- Lev Bogomolets (1911–2009), Soviet Russian painter
- Artyom Fomin (born 1988), Russian footballer
- Konstantin Garbuz (born 1988), Russian footballer
- Sergey Kamenskiy (born 1987), Russian sports shooter
- David Khurtsidze (born 1993), Russian footballer
- Vsevolod Kukushkin (born 1942), Russian journalist, writer and ice hockey administrator
- Ilyas Kurkaev (born 1994), Russian volleyball player
- Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987), Russian composer of classical music
Biysk Media
Evalar office building in Biysk
Bridge in Biysk
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #28-ZS
- ↑ Law #115-ZS
- ↑ Alexander Petrovich Studenikin, Head of the City of Biysk (in Russian)
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian-language text]][[Category:Lang and lang-xx using deprecated ISO 639 codes|ru]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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- ↑ "rosstat2024".
- ↑ "Погода и Климат – Климат Бийска" (in русский). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
Other websites
- Official website of Biysk (in Russian)
- Biysk Business Directory (in Russian)