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{{Short description|City in Altai Krai, Russia}}
{{Infobox Russian city
|en_name=Biysk
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|leader_title_ref=
|leader_name=Victor Schigrev
|leader_name_ref=<ref name="LeaderName">[https://biysk22.ru/liders/glava-goroda-biyska/ Глава города Бийска Щигрев Виктор Андреевич] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225134619/https://biysk22.ru/liders/glava-goroda-biyska/ |date=December 25, 2022 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
|representative_body=[[Duma of Biysk|Duma]]
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'''Biysk''' ({{lang-rus|Бийск|p=bʲijsk}}; {{lang-alt|Јаш-Тура|p=ɟaʃ-tura}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] in [[Altai Krai]], Russia, located 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: {{ru-census|p2021=183,852|p2010=210,115|p2002=218,562|p1989=233,238}}
The city is called ''"the gates to the [[Altai Mountains]]"'', because of its position comparatively not far from this range. Chuysky Highway begins in Biysk and then goes through the [[Altai Republic]] to [[Mongolia–Russia border|Russia's border with Mongolia]].▼
==History==
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==Economy==
The city's industry grew rapidly, especially after some factories were evacuated there from the west of the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]]. Later the city was an important center of arms development (including [[solid-fuel rocket]] engines<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/4_biysl.htm |title=
[[Evalar]], one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Russia, is headquartered in Biysk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evalar.com/about/company-history/|title=Company history - Evalar|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927131936/https://www.evalar.com/about/company-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Transportation===
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Biysk is a center of education and culture, and a home to an [[Altai State Academy of Education|academy of education]], a technical institute and other educational institutions, a drama theater (founded in 1943), a museum of local lore, and other facilities.
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▲The city is called ''"the gates to the [[Altai Mountains]]"'', because of its position comparatively not far from this range. Chuysky Highway begins in Biysk and then goes through the [[Altai Republic]] to [[Mongolia–Russia border|Russia's border with Mongolia]].
===Climate===
Biysk has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') with frigid, rather dry winters and very warm, damp summers.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|location=Biysk (1991-2020
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
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|year record low C = -51.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 30
|Feb precipitation mm =
|Mar precipitation mm = 26
|Apr precipitation mm =
|May precipitation mm = 57
|Jun precipitation mm = 55
|Jul precipitation mm = 70
|Aug precipitation mm = 53
|Sep precipitation mm = 42
|Oct precipitation mm = 49
|Nov precipitation mm = 53
|Dec precipitation mm =
|Jan precipitation days = 13.7
|Feb precipitation days = 10.6
|Mar precipitation days = 11.3
|Apr precipitation days = 11.1
|May precipitation days = 12.5
|Jun precipitation days = 12.3
|Jul precipitation days = 12.9
|Aug precipitation days = 12.5
|Sep precipitation days = 11.4
|Oct precipitation days = 14.0
|Nov precipitation days = 15.2
|Dec precipitation days = 16.2
|year precipitation days =
|source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net <ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/29939.htm
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| publisher = Weather and Climate (Погода и климат)
| language = ru
| access-date = 22 December 2022
| archive-date = January 18, 2022
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220118170841/http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/29939.htm
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
|source 2 = climatebase.ru (precipitation days 1936-2012)<ref name="climatebase">{{cite web|title=Biysk, Russia|url=http://climatebase.ru/station/29939|lang=en|publisher=Climatebase.ru|accessdate=January 24, 2013}}</ref>
}}
==Notable people==
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