Shadrinsk is a town in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Iset River 146 kilometers northwest of Kurgan. Population: 77,756 ; 80,865 ; 86,713 .
Vladimir Pavlovich Biryukov was a Soviet ethnographer, lexicographer, museum worker, archaeologist, historian, folklorist, and the author of over 30 books. He specifically studied the folklore of the Ural region of Siberia.
