Berezino (Pskov region)

The village of Berezino was located on a hilltop south of the current highway 58A-315 Bystronikolskoye - Cherskaya (see Russian roads of regional and intermunicipal importance ). This hill is the southernmost in the ridge of three peaks, stretching in the meridian direction: north of Berezino on the hill stood the village of Puzakova Gora (through the aforementioned route), north of Puzakova Gora, also on the top of the hill is the village of Ilyina Gora ^{[1] [2]} .

The surrounding settlements as a whole are characterized by elevation. To the west of Berezino on the western slope of the hill was the village of Galushino . To the north-east of Berezino, again on the road to Bystronikolskoye, on a few hills stood the village of Usadishche (now refers to the Karamyshevsky volost ). The village of Kokorino, located southwest of Berezino (does not exist today) ^[3] was located on a slope descending to a small stream ^{[1] [2]} .

The location of the settlement on a hill was combined with the presence of marshy plots in the lowlands (east, south and west of the village). Southeast and east the Dubin River flowed. In the east of the village, in the river valley, the tract Averkievo was noted. The woodland to the north-east of Berezino, between Puzakova Gora and the village of Usadishche, south of the road, was called the ЧChistenitsa tract ’ ^{[1] [3]} (the toponym denotes a place cleared from under the forest for arable land or hayfields) ^[4] . Through the area of ​​the former village of Berezino there passed the border of the plots of generally accessible hunting grounds in the Pskov region (east of Berezino - plot No. 11, west - No. 15) ^[5] .

The village of Berezino is already present on the general survey plan of the Pskov district of the Pskov province from 1785 ^[6] . As of the 1870s, the village belonged to the 1st camp of the Pskov district (camp apartment at the former postal station Stremutka ). The village “at the well” was 30 versts from Pskov and 24 versts from the flat ^[7] .

By the decision of the executive committee of the Pskov Regional Council of People’s Deputies No. 453 dated November 17, 1983, the village of Berezino of the Moskvinsky Village Council was included in the neighboring village of Puzakova Gora ^[8] . On the maps of the early 2000s, the village of Berezino is indicated as part of the Puzakova Mountain ^[3] . Today, there are no buildings on the site of the former village, as the microdistrict of Puzakova Gora and the inhabited territory of Berezino do not exist.

According to the Special Map of the Western Part of the Russian Empire by F. F. Schubert of the 1832 edition, the village of Berezina is a settlement from 5 to 20 yards in size ^[9] . According to the Special Map of European Russia by I. A. Strelbitsky , compiled in 1865-1871 (sheet 27, 1869 edition), the village of Berezina numbered 3-5 to 10 yards ^[10] .

The statistical data collected in 1872 give the following picture: there were 16 yards in the village, 70 people lived, including 37 men and 33 women ^[7] . The three-mapped Military Topographic map of the Russian Empire (Pskov province, 1888) gives half the data - 8 yards ^[11] .

As of 1977, the population of Berezino totaled about 10 people ^[1] .