Beryozovo: Discover Historic Sites

• Historic Square includes the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, as well as a monument, a symbolic grave, and several graves.
• G. E. Sobyanin Park has a bust and a pavilion; it is also home to a bas-relief and the grave of the victims of the Kazym conflict.
• A walking sightseeing route through Berëzovo includes a late-19th-century parish school for girls.
• Other named stops include Well R-1, a monument to the pioneers of gas exploration, and a wooden bridge on wooden box supports.

Historic Square brings together different forms of remembrance. The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God was built between 1765 and 1778. It was consecrated and opened in 1786; its side altar is dedicated to Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves. These dates describe the construction and history of the church, not its current accessibility. It is listed as a sightseeing destination for 2026; check current availability before your visit.

The square also includes a monument to A. D. Menshikov, a symbolic grave of Maria Menshikova, and the graves of I. A. Osterman and Princes A. G. and P. Y. Dolgorukov. The distinction between a symbolic grave, a monument, and graves is part of what helps orient visitors: these are different types of memorial sites, not a single memorial complex.

The walking sightseeing route through Berëzovo includes a parish school for girls, built in the late 19th century. Another tour mentioned in connection with the town passes through the park named after Hero of the Soviet Union G. E. Sobyanin. A bust of Sobyanin stands there. A bas-relief depicts the historic layout of the Berëzovo settlement; a pavilion contains a statue of a Cossack and a customs post. The park is also home to the grave of the victims of the Kazym conflict.

The history of the streets also features in a specific travel reference: during the 2026 tourist season, visitors walked along a footpath on Sobyanin Street, formerly known as Bazarnaya Street. This describes a walk taken that season and also gives the street’s former name.

Well R-1 is described as the first gas field in Western Siberia; Berëzovo also has a monument to the pioneers of gas exploration. Another architectural stop is the wooden bridge on wooden box supports. Together, these offer a named connection to the history of the gas industry and a specific bridge structure alongside the churches and memorial sites.

The church, the walk through Sobyanin Park, Well R-1, and the wooden bridge are listed as sightseeing destinations for 2026. Check current availability before your visit.

For a separate regional perspective, consider the wider destination of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. In Khanty-Mansiysk, Samarovsky Chugas Nature Park protects especially valuable natural complexes, rare plants and animals, untouched forests, and unique landscapes where the Ob and Irtysh rivers meet. The collections of the Museum of Nature and Man there contain more than 100,000 records of Yugra’s history and culture.

The Museum of Geology, Oil, and Gas in Khanty-Mansiysk offers a different range of themes: it displays minerals, materials related to geological exploration, paleontological finds from the region, and equipment used by geologists and oil workers. At the Torum Maa open-air museum, an educational excursion follows a hunting trail and covers hunting tools used by Indigenous peoples. In Surgut, the monument to the city’s founders is a bronze group of four figures: Prince Fyodor Boryatinsky, Voivode Vladimir Onichkov, a Cossack carpenter, and an unnamed priest. These regional examples are distinct from the stops in Beryozovo.

Discover more destinations: Nyagan, Raduzhny, Khanty-Mansiysk, Pyt-Yakh, Promyshlennaya Zona Pionernaya, Nizhnevartovsk, Uray, Mezhdurechensky.

What is included in Beryozovo’s Historic Square?

It includes the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God and a monument to A. D. Menshikov. It also includes the symbolic grave of Maria Menshikova, as well as the graves of I. A. Osterman and Princes A. G. and P. Y. Dolgorukov.

What historical associations are linked to Sobyanin Park?

The park includes a bust of G. E. Sobyanin, a bas-relief depicting the historic layout of Berëzovo, a pavilion with a statue of a Cossack and a customs post, and the grave of the victims of the Kazym conflict.

What is Well R-1 known for?

It is described as the first gas field in Western Siberia. Berëzovo also has a monument to the pioneers of gas exploration.

For the wider destination overview: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.