Berezov

Berezov, a town of Asiatic Russia in the government of Tobolsk, on the Sosva. It was founded in 1593, and in the 18th century was made a place of banishment. Among those exiled there were Prince Menschikoff in 1727, Prince Ivan Dolgoruki in 1730, and General Osterman in 1742. Also the name of a gold mining village of Asiatic Russia in the government of Perm.