Beryozovo’s history can be explored at places with clearly distinct themes: the Historic Square brings together a church and burial sites; G. E. Sobyanin Park combines monuments, an image of the settlement’s historic layout and a memorial site. A walking tour of Beryozovo also includes a parish school for girls, built in the late 19th century. In this way, architectural history, local history and remembrance stand alongside one another as distinct themes.

Church and Burial Sites at the Historic Square

The Historic Square in Beryozovo includes the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, a monument to A. D. Menshikov, the symbolic grave of Maria Menshikova, and the graves of I. A. Osterman and Princes A. G. and P. J. Dolgorukov. The church was built between 1765 and 1778. In 1786, it was consecrated and opened with a side altar dedicated to Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves. This makes it possible to distinguish the construction period, the later consecration and opening, and the altar’s dedication as different stages in the church’s history. Maria Menshikova’s grave is explicitly symbolic; the other listed burial sites are identified as graves. The church is included in a sightseeing offer for 2026. Check current availability before your visit.

G. E. Sobyanin Park

G. E. Sobyanin Park features a bust of G. E. Sobyanin, a Hero of the Soviet Union. A bas-relief depicts the settlement’s historic layout. The park also contains a pavilion with a Cossack statue and a boundary post, as well as a grave of the victims of the Kazym conflict. These features highlight different aspects: the bas-relief draws attention to the settlement’s former layout, while the bust, pavilion and grave commemorate particular people, historical roles and events. The Beryozovo walking tour passes through the park named after Sobyanin. The tour is listed for 2026; check its current availability in advance.

Gas History, Bridge and Street Name

Well R-1 is described as the first gas discovery in Western Siberia; Beryozovo also has a monument to the pioneers of gas exploration. A sightseeing tour featuring both stops is listed for 2026. A wooden bridge on wooden box supports is also listed as a tour stop. The three sites have different themes: the well and monument relate to gas history, while the bridge showcases a specific construction method. Check the current availability of each sightseeing option before your visit.

During the 2026 tourist season, tourists in Beryozovo walked along a path on Sobyanin Street, formerly known as Bazarnaya Street. The former street name adds an older layer of naming to the current one. This seasonal walk offers a different way to experience Beryozovo from the listed tour stops around the church, park and gas history.

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug: More Topics

The broader destination of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug has distinct nature and culture themes. In Khanty-Mansiysk, Samarovsky Chugas Nature Park protects particularly valuable natural complexes, rare plants and animals, pristine forests and unique landscapes at the confluence of the Ob and Irtysh rivers. 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 displays minerals, materials related to geological exploration, paleontological finds from the region, and equipment used by geologists and oil workers. Nature, cultural history and geological exploration thus offer different points of focus from the squares and memorial sites in Beryozovo.

At the Torum Maa open-air museum, an educational excursion follows a hunting trail and covers hunting equipment used by Indigenous peoples. In Surgut, the monument to the city’s founders consists of a bronze group of four figures: Prince Fyodor Boryatinsky, Voivode Vladimir Onichkov, a Cossack carpenter and an unnamed priest.

Discover more destinations: Isluchinsk, Nizhnesortymsky, Surgut, Bazyany, Belyarsky, Nyagan, Raduzhny, Pyt-Yakh

View the broader travel guide: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.