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{{Infobox Russian city
|en_name=Biysk
|ru_name=Бийск
|image_skyline=Biysk - Sovetskaya Street.JPG
|image_caption=Sovetskaya Street in Biysk
|latd=52
|latm=31
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|image_coa=Coat of Arms of Biysk (Altai krai) (1804).png
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|holiday=June 18
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|federal_subject=[[Altai Krai]]
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|adm_data_as_of=December 2011
|adm_city_jur=[[city of federal subject significance|city of krai significance]] of Biysk
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|adm_ctr_of1=city of krai significance of Biysk
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|adm_ctr_of2=[[Biysky District]]
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|inhabloc_cat=City
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|mun_data_as_of=March 2009
|urban_okrug_jur=Biysk Urban Okrug
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|mun_admctr_of1=Biysk Urban Okrug
|mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref543" />
|mun_admctr_of2=Biysky Municipal District
|mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Ref551">Law #42-ZS</ref>
|leader_title=Head
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|leader_name=Lidiya Gromoglasova
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|representative_body=[[Duma of Biysk|Duma]]
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|area_km2=291.67
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|pop_2010census=210115
|pop_2010census_rank=89th
|pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>
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|established_date=1709
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|current_cat_date=1782
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|postal_codes=659300
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|dialing_codes=3854
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|website=http://gorod.biysk.ru/
|website_ref=
|commonscat=Biysk
|date=May 2010
}}
'''Biysk''' ({{lang-rus|Бийск|p=bʲijsk}}) 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]]). Population: {{ru-census|p2010=210,115|p2002=218,562|p1989=233,238}}
==Geography==
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 Russia's border with [[Mongolia]].
==History==
The fortress of '''Bikatunskaya''' ({{lang|ru|Бикатунская}}), or '''Bikatunsky [[Ostrog (fortress)|Ostrog]]''' ({{lang|ru|Бикатунский острог}}), was founded in 1708-1709:<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=[[Great Russian Encyclopedia|Большая российская энциклопедия]]. Том 3|year=2005|publisher=Большая российская энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=978-5-85270-330-9|page=473}}</ref> it was constructed near the confluence of Biya and Katun Rivers (hence the name) in 1709 by the order the Russian [[Tsar]] [[Peter the Great]] signed in 1708.<ref name="bf">[http://biisk.info/bijsk-v-16-nachale-20-veke/osnovanie-biyskoy-kreposti/ Основание Бийской крепости]</ref> Yet, in 1710, after a three-day battle, the ostrog was destroyed by the [[Dzungar people]].<ref name="bf" /> The Bikatunskaya fortress was re-built at a new place ({{convert|20|km|sp=us}} up the Biya, on the right bank of the river) in 1718 and renamed '''Biyskaya''' ({{lang|ru|Бийская}}) in 1732.<ref name="bf" /> Gradually, Biysk lost its role as a military base, but became an important center of trade, and was granted town status in 1782.<ref name="gr" /> In 1797, the town was abolished, but in 1804 it was restored as an [[uyezd]] town of [[Tomsk Governorate]] and granted the coat of arms which is still in use.
==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Biysk serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Biysky District]], even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref5">Law #28-ZS</ref> As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|city of krai significance]] of Biysk'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Altai Krai|districts]].<ref name="Ref5">Law #28-ZS</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the city of krai significance of Biysk is incorporated as '''Biysk Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref543">Law #115-ZS</ref>
==Economy==
[[File:EvalarOffice.JPG|thumb|left|Evalar office building in Biysk]]
The city's industry grew rapidly, especially after some factories were evacuated there from the west of the [[Soviet Union]] during the [[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= Soviet Solid Rocket Motor Production Plant |date=1996 |publisher=FAS}}</ref>) and production and still remains an industrial center.
[[Evalar]], one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Russia, is headquartered in Biysk.
===Transportation===
[[File:Biysk bridge.JPG|thumb|left|A bridge in Biysk]]
Biysk has a railway station, a port on the Biya, and is served by the [[Biysk Airport]]. The route of federal importance [[Novosibirsk]]-Biysk-Tashanta (Chuysky Highway) passes through the city.
==Education and culture==
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.
==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}
===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|alt|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|alt|mun|list|biysk}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|alt|mun|list|biysky}}
==External links==
*[http://gorod.biysk.ru Official website of Biysk]
*[http://www.biysk.secna.ru/in.e.shtml Unofficial website of Biysk]
*[http://biysk.su News portal of Biysk]
*[http://www.makewebmap.com/city.php?kod=2322854-ru Pictures of Biysk]
{{Altai Krai}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2011}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Altai Krai]]
[[Category:Tomsk Governorate]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1709]]
[[Category:Naukograds]]
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