Novovoronezh is a city in the Voronezh region of Russia. The city district of Novovoronezh with its only settlement forms an administrative-territorial unit and municipal formation. The urban district borders on the Kashirsky, Ostrogozhsky, Khokholsky and Liskinsky municipal districts. The forest area within the urban district of Novovoronezh is 1069 hectares. The flat terrain, the favorable location of the city near road transport arteries (the Voronezh highway and Voronezh - Lugansk with a bridge over the Don River) and the Voronezh - Liski railway line, favorable climatic conditions contribute to the economic and industrial development of the urban district; engineering and geological conditions are generally favorable for construction.
In December 2020, for the 250th anniversary of the village of Novaya Alenovka, on the site of which the city of Novovoronezh appeared, a forged sculpture of Alenka was installed. However, her controversial appearance raised a wave of discussions, first in the city itself, and then after publications in the media throughout the country. A few days after the opening, the monument was dismantled and sent for storage, and in 2022, a new sculpture cast in bronze was installed in its place. The new owner plans to install the former monument in one of the newly built residential areas of Voronezh.
The city is located on the left bank of the Don, 38 km south of Voronezh. The development area is 46.13 km². Novovoronezhskaya railway station (Kolodeznaya-Novovoronezhskaya branch of the South Eastern Railway), at the moment there is no passenger service. Near the city in the village of Borshchevo there is the world famous archaeological monument of Kostenki.
The city's climate is moderate continental, with four distinct seasons. Weather conditions in Novovoronezh are influenced by prevailing winds, terrain and urban development. The cooling pond of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant, which does not freeze in winter, also has an indirect effect on the city’s climate.
It was founded in 1957 as an urban-type settlement Novo-Gresovsky
(later renamed Novovoronezhsky) in connection with the construction of
the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant.
From 1959 to 1963 it was
the center of the Novovoronezh region.
The status of the city was
established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
RSFSR No. 5611-XI of March 23, 1987.
In 2008, the urban district
of Novovoronezh was formed.
From July 7, 2014 to July 13, 2014,
the city hosted the X All-Russian Summer Rural Games. In 2020, a
controversial monument to the legendary founder of the city, Alyonka,
was erected in the city, 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 reviews from citizens, was dismantled three days after
installation and later sold at auction for 3.6 million rubles, with a
starting price of 1 million rubles. The updated monument to Alyonka, but
now made of bronze, was opened on July 1, 2022.
The city forms an administrative-territorial unit and municipal
formation - the urban district of Novovoronezh with the only settlement
in its composition.
The territory of the urban district consists
of historically developed lands, adjacent public lands, territories of
traditional environmental use of the population, recreational lands,
lands for the development of the urban district and other lands,
regardless of the form of ownership and intended purpose. The boundaries
of the urban district - the city of Novovoronezh were established on the
basis of the Law of the Voronezh Region dated December 2, 2004 No.
88-OZ. The total area of the urban district is 4613 hectares.
The coat of arms of the urban district of the city of Novovoronezh,
Voronezh region, was approved on April 25, 2006 by the decision of the
Novovoronezh City Duma.
The description of the coat of arms says:
“In an azure (blue, light blue) field there is a silver turned eagle
with outstretched wings, holding in its paws a golden bezant with three
inscribed rays of the same metal, diverging like a fork-shaped cross;
and a golden head, burdened with five scarlet stars with five rays; the
two stars on the sides are half visible.”
The choice of the eagle figure is justified by the fact that back in
1712, a banner with a “bird sitting on a firing cannon” was drawn up for
the Voronezh garrison infantry regiment, symbolizing “bravery, faith,
victory, greatness and power.”
By the end of 2002, there were 1,202 enterprises and other commercial
organizations in the city. In the urban district of Novovoronezh there
are eleven investment sites with a total area of 25.81 hectares.
Main sectors of the economy:
Nuclear energy
(the main economic sector of the city) - the volume of shipped goods of
its own production, work and services performed on its own in 2007
amounted to 7.3 billion rubles.
Education: higher and secondary
The city has a developed network
of educational institutions, represented by 10 preschool institutions; 4
secondary schools; 4 institutions of further education and the
institution of the Federal State Educational Institution “Novovoronezh
Polytechnic College” - a branch of the National Research Nuclear
University MEPhI. In addition, the city has the opportunity to receive
higher vocational education at the Voronezh MIKT and secondary education
at the Novovoronezh branch of the REPC. The city is home to the
Novovoronezh branch of the Rosatom Technical Academy, formerly known as
the Education and Training Center, where Russian and foreign specialists
in the thermal and electrical energy production industry undergo unique
training.
Every year at the end of the school year, a citywide
ball “Youth of Atomgrad” is organized for graduates of 11th grades of
Novovoronezh schools.
The main cultural institutions of the city are the Palace of Culture, the House of Children's Creativity, the Uran cinema with two halls, a library, a Culture and Recreation Park with attractions (currently under reconstruction). There is also a museum of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant.
City events are covered on the pages of the newspaper “My City” and in news releases of the cable television channel.
"Atom Arena" is a sports complex with three swimming pools and a
universal games room for team sports
Ice arena "Ostalnaya", on the
basis of which sections for figure skating and hockey operate, as well
as competitions in these sports and public skating sessions.
A
multifunctional sports complex with an outdoor stadium with 3,000 seats,
an indoor arena, and gyms. In 2014, the complex hosted the X All-Russian
Summer Rural Games, and in 2018, the Spartakiad of student construction
teams of the Central Federal District.
Martial Arts Center
Novovoronezh has its own football club "Atom". There are also health
institutions on the territory of the city, for example, the Energetik
dispensary-sanatorium.
Grechishkin, Ivan Fedorovich - foreman at the Novovoronezh Nuclear
Power Plant, Hero of Socialist Labor.
Zavediy, Viktor Ivanovich -
liquidator of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Hero of
Socialist Labor.
Maksimov, Nikolai Grigorievich -
foreman of mechanics at the Novovoronezh NPP workshop, Hero of Socialist
Labor.
Ovchinnikov, Fedor Yakovlevich - first director of the
Novovoronezh NPP, Deputy Minister of Energy and Electrification of the
USSR.
Prozorovsky, Dmitry Viktorovich - head of the construction
department of the Novovoronezh NPP, Hero of Socialist Labor.
Sviridov, Nikolai Alekseevich - Hero of the Soviet Union.