Beloretsk is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River, 245 kilometers from Ufa. Population: 68,806 ; 71,0…Beloretsk is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River, 245 kilometers from Ufa. Population: 68,806 ; 71,093 ; 72,434. Beloretsk Iron Factory was founded in 1762 by merchants I. B. Tverdyshev and I. S. Myasnikov, who bought 170,041 desiatinas of land from Bashkirs of Belokatayskaya Volost.