A graduate of the Academy of Arts from 1767, 1779, he Received medals: in 1774 - 2 silver; in 1776 - 1 silver; in 1777 - 2 gold for the execution of the program; in 1778 - 1 gold. In 1779 released by the artist with a certificate of the 1st degree and sent abroad pensioner of the Academy of Arts. In 1784, recognized as "designated"; in 1785, the title of academician for the project "Kazan Church". (Kondakov)
Architect-academician, brother of Peter Berezin, a disciple of the office buildings of Her Majesty's houses, gardens and SPb. the glass factories. In 1767, he entered the Academy of arts, in 1774, received the first silver medal for architectural composition, representing the theatre. In 1775 he set the program: "For a given seat position to place the house, with all its benefits", etc. In September 1778 Berezin received the first gold medal, and in 1785, the title of academician. It is not known when he left the service in Arkhangelsk, where in 1806 he was already the architect at the Admiralty, and the Academy of fine arts recommended him to the military Governor, as known for its buildings, a very experienced architect. (The Archive Of I. A. H., D. 5 (1767). — Petrov, Materials for the history of the I. A. H. E. T. (Cumans)