Novovoronezh
Нововоронеж
Town[1]
Novovoronezh
Novovoronezh
Flag of Novovoronezh
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Coat of arms of Novovoronezh
Coat of arms
Location of Novovoronezh
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Novovoronezh is located in Russia
Novovoronezh
Novovoronezh
Location of Novovoronezh
Novovoronezh is located in Voronezh Oblast
Novovoronezh
Novovoronezh
Novovoronezh (Voronezh Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°19′N 39°13′E / 51.317°N 39.217°E / 51.317; 39.217
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVoronezh Oblast[1]
Founded1957
Town status since1987
Area
 • Total46.13 km2 (17.81 sq mi)
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total32,635
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
31,503 (−3.5%)
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toNovovoronezh Urban Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofNovovoronezh Urban Okrug[1]
 • Urban okrugNovovoronezh Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofNovovoronezh Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
396070, 396071Edit this on Wikidata
Dialing code(s)+7 47364
OKTMO ID20727000001
Websitewww.new-voronezh.ru

Novovoronezh (Russian: Нововоро́неж) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River 55 kilometers (34 mi) south of Voronezh. Population: 30,658 (2021 Census);[7] 32,635 (2010 Census);[2] 36,961 (2002 Census);[8] 35,666 (1989 Census).[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Novovoronezh Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[4]

Economy

View of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant

The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant is located in the town.

History

Novovoronezh was established along with the start of the future nuclear power plant construction works in 1957.[10] It was then called the urban settlement of Novo-Graessovsky, but renamed its current name later the same year.

The first unit of 210 MW of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant was put into power on September 30, 1964.[10]

From 1959 to 1963 Novovoronezh was the center of the Novovoronezh district, and its administrative status was upgraded from the urban settlement to a town in 1987.[11]

In 2020, an ambiguous monument was erected in the city to the legendary founder of the city Alyonka, who, according to legend, found a good place and brought her fellow villagers there. Thanks to this monument, Novovoronezh became famous throughout Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The forged sculptural composition, which cost the city a million rubles and caused negative feedback[12] from citizens, was dismantled three days after installation and later sold at auction for 2.6 million rubles. with a starting price of 1 million rubles. The updated monument to Alyonka, but already made of bronze, was opened on July 1, 2022.[13]

Twin towns — sister cities

References

Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Novovoronezh

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #87-OZ
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Law #88-OZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ a b "About City District". Novovoronezh Town Official Website.
  11. ^ "О городе". www.novovoronezh.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  12. ^ "Meet the SCARY statue of the Russian fairy tale character, Alyonka". www.rbth.com. 2020-12-25.
  13. ^ "В Нововоронеже открыли новый памятник Аленке вместо старой скандальной скульптуры". riavrn.ru (in Russian). 2022-07-01.
  14. ^ Нововоронеж и венгерский Пакш стали городами-побратимами

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