«Welcome to Berezniki!»

Ни триумфальных арок, ни соборов, Ни шпилей, уходящих в облака… Но я люблю всем сердцем этот город, Я счастлив, что живу в Березниках. Алексей Решетов 2

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Forests of the Ural Grigori Stroganov. The Stroganovs’ Arms 4

The first buildings of the town Berezniki in 1940-1950s. 5

Streets and alleys of the present-day town. 6

Arms of Berezniki 7

The monument to builders of the town

Citizens of Berezniki 9

In the mines of JSC «Uralkaly» 10

JSC “VSMPO-AVISMA » Smelting of metal. 11

JSC «AZOT» 12

JSC «Berezniki Soda Works» 13

Order of The Red Banner of Labour «Наградить город Березники Пермской области Орденом Трудового Красного Знамени» (из Указа Президиума Верховного Совета СССР, 5 марта 1971 г.) Order of The Red Banner of Labour 14

«Little Industrial Belgium» Ivan Lyubimov 15

Streets of the industrial settlement near the plant 16

One of the houses built in the Gothic style

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Primitive tools found by archeologists in the area of Berezniki 19

Artefacts belonging to Rodanov’s culture (VII-ХIII century) 20

Silver necklace (Х century) Silver bracelet (ХII century) 21

Silver bowl made in Khorezm(ХII century). Found in Chupino settlement. 22

The First stone church in the Ural area 23

John the Baptist church built by Barons Stroganovs (ХVIII century)

The mansion of Princes Golitsyns (ХIХ century) 25

“Life of a Mansion - House” Museum exposition “Life of a Mansion - House” 26

Silver jewellery box (1767) made by Andrew Ivanov, a silver crafstman 27

Old-printed book (ХVII century) 28

Album «Prince S.Golitsyn’s Estates» (ХIХ century) 29

Old-printed book (XVIII century) 30

An item from the collection of The Book Culture museum (ХVIII century) This book was read by Barons Stroganovs.

Virgin Mary and Child (ХVI century) Icon Virgin Mary and Child (ХVI century) 32

Icons, made in Barons Stroganovs’ icon workshops 33

Perm wooden sculpture. Angels 34

(an exposition in the local museum of History and Art) Perm wooden sculpture. (an exposition in the local museum of History and Art) 35

Works by Nicolai Zagrabov, a sculptor and an artist 36

«A pine-tree upon the Vishera-river» Works by Gennady Shvarev «A pine-tree upon the Vishera-river» Illustration to «Faust» by Goethe 37

A.Tumbasov «The Building of the Potash Plant» 38

L.Plesovskikh «The Temple» V.Chervyakov «Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Old Usolye» 39

Scenes from the performances of Berezniki drama theatre 40

Classes in the local ballet-school 41

Elena Nazarukh, laureate of international ballet contests 42

Scenes from the ballets staged in Berezniki 43

Osip Mandelstam Anton Chekhov Boris Pasternak 44

in the World Heritage List of UNESCО Aleksey Reshetov is a poet and an honourable citizen of Berezniki. His name is included in the World Heritage List of UNESCО 45

Monument to A.Reshetov 46

Children’s festival «The Ural Star» The local dance contest «Followers of Terpsichore» Children’s festival «The Ural Star» 47

The show of children and teenagers’ fashion «Starry Thread» 48

Singing contest «Ringing voices»

The first Russian festival of fireworks «Fire Fantasy». Berezniki, 2008 50

The festival final fireworks display 51

Carnival. The day of the town. 52

Representatives of different nationalities of the town 53

National cultures’ variety festival «Friends’ faces»

Historical role-playing at the local holiday 55

Shrovetide Gatherings Folk custom holiday. Shrovetide Gatherings 56

The Tatars and the Bashkirs’ national festival «Sabantuy» 57

The Days of Slavonic culture 58

Souvenirs made of birch-bark 59

Souvenirs made of birch-bark by local craftsmen 60

Works by local craftsmen 61

Works by local craftsmen 62

The Catholic church. The visit of Cardinal P.Piezzi In the Mosque The Orthodox church The Catholic church. The visit of Cardinal P.Piezzi 63

The Catholic church. The visit of Cardinal P.Piezzi 64

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Local concert for the veterans of the World War II 66

Children’s summer camps 67

Volunteers’ camp Family trekking along the rivers 68

Sport is the way of life 69

Sport is supported in the town. 70

The streets of the town 71

Welcome to Berezniki Добро пожаловать в Березники !!! 72

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