The Ulyanovsk region is a subject of the Russian Federation, part of
the Volga Federal District. The administrative center is the city of
Ulyanovsk.
The region borders in the east with the Samara region,
in the south with the Saratov region, in the west with the Penza region
and the Republic of Mordovia, in the north with the Chuvash Republic and
the Republic of Tatarstan.
Formed on January 19, 1943 by Decree
of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Historically, the
region was preceded by the Simbirsk province, formed in 1780.
White Lake is a self-cleaning lake in the middle part of the Volga
Upland, on a high watershed plateau with an absolute height of 320 m. It
is a monument of the Ice Age; the age of the lake is estimated at 250
thousand years. A specially protected natural area since 1974. Located
260 km from Ulyanovsk in the Nikolaevsky district of the Ulyanovsk
region. The resort is located 12 km south of the
Moscow-Samara-Ufa-Chelyabinsk highway. A railway runs parallel to the
highway.
National Park "Sengileevskie Mountains"
A deposit of
quartz sand and boulders made from it near the village of Silikatny,
Sengileevsky district.
Resort complex in the village of Undory,
Ulyanovsk region. In one place there are: mineral springs with a mineral
water bottling plant, several sanatoriums, the Volga River coast with a
beach, a ski resort, a paleontological museum (currently closed). Travel
by minibus/bus 111 from Ulyanovsk (Central Bus Station or Park Pobedy
bus station, depending on the route).
By plane
1 Ulyanovsk (Barataevka) named after N. M. Karamzin
(IATA:ULV). ☎ +78422455644. Ulyanovsk International Airport (Barataevka)
is a civil airport of federal significance. By order of the governor of
the Ulyanovsk region, the airport was named after Nikolai Mikhailovich
Karamzin. Located on the right bank of the Volga, 9 km southwest of the
center of Ulyanovsk, 3 km south of the settlement of Barataevka (part of
the city). Currently under reconstruction, they promised to open on May
5, 2018, but the date was postponed. You can get there by buses 13c
(seasonal gardening route) and 66, minibuses 12, 91, 107, 129 from the
nearest stop, which is 714 meters away. Also, minibus 91 can call
directly to the airport building. From November 20, 2018, a special
minibus began to pick up arriving passengers. The highway to Saransk
runs nearby.
2 Ulyanovsk-Vostochny (IATA:ULY). ☎ +78422201504.
Ulyanovsk-Vostochny International Airport is an airport of federal
significance. Located on the left bank of the Volga, 35 km east of the
city center of Ulyanovsk.
By train
Railway railway station
"Central", station "Upper Terrace" - both stations are located in
Ulyanovsk.
Railway station "Dimitrovgrad" and stations in the
cities of Inza, Barysh and other settlements.
A peculiarity of
the railways passing through the region is that the lines to Ulyanovsk
itself and to Dimitrovgrad are not electrified, and in general Ulyanovsk
is not a large railway junction. Residents often travel to neighboring
Chuvashia, to the city of Kanash, where there is a greater choice of
destinations.
The largest railway junction in the Ulyanovsk
region is the city of Inza, where electrified lines to Moscow and Samara
and a non-electrified line to Ulyanovsk intersect.
Trains
Most of the railways are not electrified, so there are no
electric trains here. From Ulyanovsk there are so-called "rail buses" to
Dimitrovgrad (once a day on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, along with
much more frequent buses). Also, local trains run once a day, consisting
of several carriages with seats, driven by one diesel locomotive - to
Inza, Glotovka and Maina. There are real electric trains running from
Inza to Syzran - the only commuter train that crosses the regional
border. In 2012 there was a “rail bus” to Kazan, but it was canceled
that same year.
River navigation
Suburban passenger shipping
on the Volga has been virtually non-existent since the 2000s. From the
Ulyanovsk river port there are only pleasure flights within the city and
flights to Bely Yar.
The Ulyanovsk region is located in the east of the European part of
Russia, in the Middle Volga region. From north to south the region
stretches for 250 km (52° 31' - 54° 53' N), from west to east - 290 km.
(45° 48' - 50° 15' E). The total area of the region is 37.2 thousand
km². In terms of territory, it ranks 59th in Russia and the last among
the 8 regions of the Volga region. In the Volga Federal District, the
Ulyanovsk region is in 11th place out of 14 regions in terms of
territory.
The Volga River divides the region's territory into
the elevated Right Bank and the low-lying Left Bank (Zavolzhye).
The right-bank part is occupied by the Volga Upland (height up to 363 m) with the Undorsky, Kremensky and Sengileevsky mountains facing the Volga. The surface of the left bank part is a gently undulating plain.
The Ulyanovsk region has an extensive hydrographic network. 2,030
rivers, rivulets and streams flow through its territory with a total
length of 10,294 km. The total flow of the region's rivers per year
averages about 241.5 km³, 97.3% of which falls on the Volga River.
The main river is the Volga (Kuibyshev and Saratov reservoirs). The
major rivers are: Sura, its length is 841 km, Sviyaga - 375 km, Bolshoy
Cheremshan - 336 km, Tereshka - 273 km, Barysh - 247 km.
The climate is moderate continental, with cold winters and hot summers. A feature of the region's climate is a short, dry spring. Autumn in the Ulyanovsk region is usually warm; Snow cover sets in in the second half of November. The coldest month is January. Winter is snowy with frequent temperature changes (Atlantic cyclones are replaced by Arctic air masses and vice versa), lasts from mid-November to mid-March. Sometimes in the southern regions of the region, in the winter-spring period, the Voeikov axis passes through, influencing the local climate. The average temperature in January is −12°C, in July +20°C. Summer weather sets in in mid-May. Summers are usually hot due to the influence of sedentary Asian anticyclones. In July, on average, there are 5 days with an average daily temperature above 22°C. Precipitation ranges from 350 mm in the south of the region to 500 mm in the northwest. In summer, precipitation falls unevenly in the form of torrential and short-term rains. Droughts are common in the region. The growing season lasts about 180 days.
The soils are predominantly leached chernozem and gray forest; on the
left bank of the Volga there is a large tract of especially fertile rich
chernozem.
Forests occupy 1/4 of the territory. In the northwest
there are large tracts of oak forests with linden and maple; in the
Volga region there are meadow steppes and isolated pine forests.
The modern flora of the Ulyanovsk region includes over 1,700 species of
vascular plants, of which more than 400 are adventitious species.
The Red Book of the Ulyanovsk region includes 219 species of
vascular plants and 22 species of mosses.
The fauna of the
Ulyanovsk region includes 442 species of vertebrates, including: 84
species of mammals from 6 orders and 19 families, of which 34 species
are from the rodent order, 17 species from the carnivorous order, 17
species from the chiropteran order, 10 species from the insectivorous
order, 4 species from the order Artiodactyla, 2 species from the order
Lagomorpha; 275 bird species from 19 orders; 10 species of reptiles from
2 orders; 10 species of amphibians from 2 orders; 62 species of bony
fishes and 1 species of cyclostomes from 14 orders.
The fauna is
represented by elk, marten, fox, squirrel, hare, wild boar, wolf;
reptiles: lizards, snakes, vipers, etc. Waterfowl and marsh-shore birds
are numerous. In the Kuibyshev Reservoir - bream, pike perch, carp,
crucian carp, etc.
On the territory of the region there are
specially protected natural areas (SPNA): the Sengileevskie Mountains
National Park, the Protected Zone of the Volga Forest-Steppe State
Reserve, the natural monuments Undorovsky Mineral Spring, Relict
Forests, Borok Island, the Genko forest belt, etc. .
There are many
healing springs and springs in the region.
The leading position in the structure of the region's mineral resources is occupied by oil (explored reserves amount to 42 million tons), glass, and cement (reserves of chalk, clays and diatomites for cement production in the region are practically unlimited, so the five largest deposits of chalk for cement production have been explored with with total reserves of 380 million tons, the most promising areas of the Ulyanovsk region are Sengileevsky, Ulyanovsky, Mainsky and Terengulsky), siliceous (reserves 50 million tons, large deposits - Inzenskoye, Zabaluiskoye) and carbonate raw materials (reserves 12 million tons), as well as raw materials for rough ceramics. Also in the region, 493 peat deposits with reserves of 33.2 million tons have been identified and explored.
According to archaeological science, the settlement of the Middle
Volga region by people occurred more than 100 thousand years ago. The
presence of human groups in the Ulyanovsk Volga region during the
Paleolithic era is evidenced by individual sites and locations of stone
and bone tools discovered at the mouth of the Cheremshan River on the
Tunguz Peninsula, on the Volga coast in the area of the Undorovsky
resort.
In the 1980s, archaeologist Galina Matveeva, during
excavations in the Ulyanovsk region of the Staromainsky settlement, put
forward the opinion that representatives of the Imenkovo culture were
Slavs. The tribes of the Imenkovo culture occupied the territory from
the right bank of the Lower Kama to the mouth of the Samara River, from
the middle reaches of the Sura to the middle reaches of the Belaya
River. Now this is the Ulyanovsk region, Samara region, Tatarstan.
Archaeologists have found more than 600 ancient settlements and villages
that existed between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD belonging to the
Imenkovo culture. The Staromaina archaeological complex is formed by the
monuments Staraya Maina I, Staraya Maina II, and Staraya Maina VI).
After the arrival of the Bulgars in the Middle Volga region, in the
second half of the 7th century, the monuments of the Imenkovites
disappeared. It is believed that some of the Imenkovites dissolved into
the Bulgars, some went west to the interfluve of the Dnieper and Don,
founding the Volyntsevo culture and, mixing with the Kolochin and
Penkovo cultures that existed in these places, became the ancestors of
Kievan Rus. The Volyntsevo culture is an archaeological culture of the
early Middle Ages (VIII-IX centuries), located in the area between the
Dnieper and Don rivers. The carriers of culture are considered to be the
proto-northerners, according to V.V. Sedov - the predominantly Slavic
population, first called the Polans, and later the Dews or Russes.
In the 8th - 9th centuries, the Ulyanovsk Volga region became part
of the Early Volga Bulgaria as a union of nomadic Turkic-speaking and
sedentary Finno-Ugric tribes. After the Mongol invasion, the region
became part of the Golden Horde.
At the end of the 14th -
beginning of the 15th century, after the devastating raid of the Central
Asian ruler Tamerlane, the desolation of the territory of the Ulyanovsk
Volga region began.
In 1438, the region became part of a new
state formation - the Kazan Khanate. Among the settlements of this
period, the village of Karsun is known. After the destruction of the
Kazan Khanate by the troops of Ivan IV (the Terrible) in 1552, the Volga
Cossacks began to develop the territory of the Ulyanovsk region. There
are well-known Cossack villages in the vicinity of the town of Sengilei.
At the end of the 40s of the 17th century, under the general leadership of the steward Bogdan Khitrovo, the construction of the Karsun-Sinbirsk abatis line began (1647-1654). In 1648, the wooden fortress of Sinbirsk was founded, headed by a governor. And from the settlements and suburbs of the Sinbirsky area, the Sinbirsky district was formed.
22 years after the founding of Simbirsk, the city had to withstand a
siege by troops led by Stepan Razin.
Main article: Siege of
Simbirsk and Battle of the Kandarat River
In the 18th century,
due to the expansion of the territory of the Russian state (in
particular, in the eastern direction), the southern regions of the
current territory of the Ulyanovsk region began to be intensively
developed and populated, and Sinbirsk itself began to lose its
military-strategic importance. As a result, in 1708 the military
department was liquidated, and the Karsun district became part of the
Sinbir district, and the district itself became part of the Kazan
province.
In 1717, Sinbirsky district became part of the
Astrakhan province.
In 1719, the Sinbir province was formed from the district.
In
1728, the Sinbir province again became part of the Kazan province.
In 1767, Empress Catherine II visited Sinbirsk. (See article:
Catherine II's journey along the Volga)
In 1774, the prisoner
Emelyan Pugachev was brought to Sinbirsk and interrogated from October 2
to 6. A.V. Suvorov personally arrived in Sinbirsk to interrogate the
impostor. On October 26, Pugachev was sent from Sinbirsk to Moscow.
See article: Simbirsk portraits of Emelyan Pugachev
In 1780, Sinbirsk was renamed Simbirsk and became a provincial city of the newly established governorate (province), consisting of 13 districts.
In 1796, the Simbirsk governorship was reorganized into the Simbirsk
province.
In September 1812, for the Patriotic War, the Simbirsk
militia was created, the head of which was elected D.V. Tenishev.
In Simbirsk in the fall of 1833, the great Russian poet Alexander
Sergeevich Pushkin stopped on his way to Orenburg.
Throughout the
19th century and before the revolution, the city hosted an annual
National Fair, one of the largest in the Volga region; its turnover in
some years reached 10 million rubles. Merchants brought manufactured
goods, leather, wool, horses to Simbirsk, and exported bread and fruits.
In 1864, on August 13, a terrible fire occurred in Simbirsk, which
lasted 9 days. A fourth of the city survived. The building of the noble
assembly and the Karamzin library in it, the Spassky Monastery, 12
churches, the post office, all the best private buildings burned down.
In Simbirsk, on April 22, 1870, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was born on
Streletskaya Street.
On April 22 (May 4), 1881, politician
Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky was born in Simbirsk.
In 1890, the
first power plant of the province began operating, through the efforts
of philanthropist and public figure Nikolai Shatrov, where it provided
energy for a cloth factory.
Soviet power in the Simbirsk province
was established a month and a half after the October Revolution -
December 10, 1917.
In 1918, the province found itself in the
center of a civil war. In July 1918, Simbirsk was captured by KOMUCH
troops under the leadership of General Kappel. But on September 12 it
was recaptured by the Bolsheviks, as a result of which Soviet power was
restored in the city. Directly captured by the “Iron Division”, which
was led by the Red Divisional Commander Guy.
For some time the
headquarters and the Revolutionary Military Council of the Eastern Front
were located in Simbirsk. The Simbirsk Cartridge Plant played an
important role in providing the Red Army with ammunition.
In
1924, Simbirsk was renamed Ulyanovsk in memory of the city’s native
Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), and the province was renamed Ulyanovsk
Governorate.
On May 14, 1928, the Ulyanovsk province of the RSFSR was abolished,
and on its territory the following districts were formed: Ulyanovsk,
Mordovian (initially Saransk), and Syzran districts.
The
Ulyanovsk district, together with 9 other districts, became part of the
newly formed Middle Volga region.
On October 20, 1929, the Middle
Volga region was transformed into the Middle Volga region.
On
July 29, 1930, the Ulyanovsk district, like other districts, was
abolished. And all districts of the district were directly subordinate
to the Middle Volga region (in 1935 the Kuibyshev region was created,
and since 1936 - the Kuibyshev region).
With the beginning of
general collectivization in the USSR, political purges began in the
regions.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War,
enterprises, institutions, and population from the western regions of
the country, from Moscow and Leningrad were evacuated to Ulyanovsk and
to the areas of the future region located in the rear. The Ulyanovsk
Automobile Plant (UAZ) and the Ulyanovsk Motor Plant (UMZ) arose in 1941
on the basis of the evacuated Moscow ZIS. In the fall of 1941, on the
territory of the Sursky region, part of the Sursky defense line was
built. In 1942, the Volzhskaya Rokada was built in the areas of the
future region. And although there were no hostilities in the areas of
the future region, enemy bombers tried to blow up vital facilities in
the front-line zone. So in the Pavlovsk region in October 1942, in the
area of the Baklushinsky rural settlement, a German bomber was rammed
by N.F. Shutov’s fighter.
On January 19, 1943, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of the USSR, the Ulyanovsk region was formed with its center in the city
of Ulyanovsk, which included the districts of the Kuibyshev region:
Astradamovsky, Bazarno-Syzgansky, Baryshsky, Bogdashkinsky, Veshkaimsky,
Inzensky, Karsunsky, Kuzovatovsky, Mainsky, Malo-Kandalinsky,
Melekessky, Nikolo-Cheremshansky, Novo-Malyklinsky, Novo-Spassky,
Pavlovsky, Radishchevsky, Sengileevsky, Staro-Kulatkinsky,
Staro-Mainsky, Sursky, Tagai, Terengulsky, Ulyanovsky, Cherdaklinsky
districts and districts of the Penza region: Baranovsky and Nikolaevsky.
On December 14, 1943, Isheevsky and Zhadovsky districts were formed.
On February 11, 1944, the Tiinsky district was formed.
On
March 12, 1946, the Ignatovsky district was formed.
On November
2, 1956, the following were abolished: Bazarno-Syzgansky, Baranovsky,
Zhadovsky, Isheevsky, Ignatovsky, Malo-Kandalinsky,
Nikolo-Cheremshansky, Tagaisky, Tiinsky districts.
On October 22,
1960, the Astradam district was abolished.
By Decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 741/84 of February 1,
1963, the regions of the region were divided into rural and industrial
areas. The industrial areas included: Inzensky (the city of Inza, the
settlements of Bazarny Syzgan, Glotovka and Yazykovo) and Sengileevsky
(the city of Sengilei, the settlements of Krasny Gulyai, Novoulyanovsk,
Isheevka and Tsilna) industrial areas. The rural areas included:
Baryshsky, Inzensky, Karsunsky, Mainsky, Melekessky, Nikolaevsky,
Novospassky, Terengulsky, Ulyanovsky, Cherdaklinsky rural areas. The
following areas were abolished: Bogdashkinsky, Veshkaimsky,
Kuzovatovsky, Novomalyklinsky, Novospassky, Pavlovsky, Radishchevsky,
Starokulatinsky, Staromainsky, Sursky districts.
By decree of the
RSFSR PVS dated March 4, 1964, two rural districts were formed:
Starokulatkinsky and Sursky.
By the Decree of the PVS of the
RSFSR dated January 12, 1965, the division of areas into industrial and
rural was abolished. Unified districts were restored again and the
region became 18 districts.
On November 3, 1965, two more
districts were formed: Veshkaimsky and Tsilninsky.
In the 1950-1960s, new industrial enterprises were created in the
Ulyanovsk region (Ulyanovsk Plant of Heavy and Unique Machine Tools
(UZTS, 1966 (now SSZ), Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant, Dimitrovgrad Research
Institute of Atomic Reactors (DNIIAR), etc.). A road bridge was added to
the railway “Imperial Bridge”, and the Ulyanovsk-Tsentralny Airport was
built in Ulyanovsk.
On April 20, 1966, by Decree No. 4724-VI of
the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, “for the successes
achieved in the development of the national economy,” the Ulyanovsk
region was awarded the Order of Lenin.”
On October 31, 1968, the
Ulyanovsk leather and footwear plant came into operation.
On
January 1, 1969, a plant for the production of kieselguhr was erected
near Inza - the Inzensky Filter Powder Plant (now the Inzensky Diatomite
Plant).
On March 9, 1969, for increasing the production and
procurement of livestock products, increasing the productivity of
livestock and poultry and profitable livestock farming in 1968, the
Ulyanovsk region was awarded the Challengeable Red Banner of the Council
of Ministers of the RSFSR and the All-Union Central Council of Trade
Unions and cash prizes.
On April 21, 1969, the International
Symposium of Scientists from the CMEA countries opened in Melekess. The
symposium was attended by scientists from the countries: People's
Republic of Belarus, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Socialist Republic,
Czechoslovakia, USSR, SFRY. The symposium was opened by the head of the
State Committee for Atomic Energy of the USSR B. Baturov.
On
August 3, 1969, the regional executive committee made a decision “On the
design of a new city - Novoulyanovsk”, approving project No. 1 of the
master plan for the new city of Novoulyanovsk.
On August 7, 1969,
the Faculty of Light Industry of the UlPI branch was created in
Melekess.
On September 20, 1969, the Ulyanovsk Regional Komsomol
celebrated its 50th anniversary. On this occasion, the Ulyanovsk
regional committee of the Komsomol was presented with a commemorative
Red Banner of the regional committee of the CPSU. Speakers at the rally
were: Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee B. N. Pastukhov, First
Secretary of the CPSU Regional Committee A. A. Skochilov and Yu.
Goryachev, First Secretary of the Komsomol Regional Committee.
On
December 24, 1969, the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the
All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions, based on the results of
socialist competition, for the successful harvesting and above-plan
sales of grain in 1969, awarded the Ulyanovsk region second cash prizes
of 10 thousand rubles.
In December 1969, the first stage of the
Melekessky plant of body fittings, carburetors and liners (now DAAZ) was
put into operation.
On April 16, 1970, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee
Leonid Brezhnev inaugurated the Lenin Memorial.
On May 12, 1970,
in the Great Hall of the Lenin Memorial, the Chairman of the Council of
Ministers of the RSFSR G.I. Voronov, the Ulyanovsk region was presented
with the challenge Red Banner of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
and the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions, awarded based on
the results of the All-Union Socialist Competition in Agriculture for
1969.
On January 17, 1971, the first stage of the Ulyanovsk
poultry farm for 100 thousand laying hens came into operation.
On
February 18, 1971, the Ulyanovsk region became the winner of the
All-Russian Socialist Competition in 1970 with the presentation of the
challenge Red Banner by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the
All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the first cash prize was
awarded for high sunflower yields, and on March 6 - for success in
livestock breeding.
On June 5, 1971, Mikhail Andreevich Suslov, a
member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, Secretary of the
CPSU Central Committee, visited a number of districts of the region.
On December 30, 1971, the first stage of the Melekess nonwoven
materials factory was put into operation.
On May 12, 1972, the
great Soviet artist Arkady Aleksandrovich Plastov (1893-1972) died. The
funeral in Prislonikha was attended by the Minister of Culture of the
RSFSR N.A. Kuznetsov, the Chairman of the Board of the Union of Artists
of the RSFSR G.M. Korzhev, and the Secretary of the USSR Academy of Arts
P.M. Sysoev.
On June 15, 1972, by resolution of the RSFSR PVS,
the city of Melekess was renamed the city of Dimitrovgrad.
On
October 8, 1972, the Regional Exhibition of National Economic
Achievements took place in Ulyanovsk.
On May 21, 1973, the
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR M.S. Solomentsev
visited Dimitrovgrad, who visited the V.I. Lenin Research Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, the Automotive Unit Plant named after the 50th
Anniversary of the USSR, and the construction of the Melekes broiler
factory.
On January 17, 1974, the Central Committee of the CPSU,
the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the All-Union Central Council of
Trade Unions and the Central Committee of the Komsomol decided to
recognize the Ulyanovsk region as the winner in the All-Union socialist
competition for increasing the production and procurement of grain and
other agricultural products in 1973.
On June 11, 1975, M. A.
Suslov, a member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, visited
the regions of the region.
On October 18, 1975, construction of
the Ulyanovsk aviation-industrial complex began. The project cost is 3.5
billion rubles. The complex was supposed to consist of three factories:
aircraft, instrument, aggregate, as well as a design bureau and an
airfield; located on an area of 1.5 million square meters, employing
over 55 thousand people. At first it was classified, but then it began
to be built as the All-Union Komsomol shock construction site. The
contingent of builders was: 25% from organizational recruitment, 25%
from military construction detachments, 50% prisoners.
On April
21, 1976, following the results of the All-Russian Socialist Competition
in 1975, the Challenger Red Banner of the Council of Ministers of the
RSFSR and the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions with the first
cash prize was awarded for the development of the network of local
highways in the region.
On May 17, 1977, the region's machine
operators were presented with the challenge Red Banner of the Council of
Ministers of the RSFSR and the All-Union Central Council of Trade
Unions.
On May 21, 1978, an elevator opened in Cherdakly.
In September 1978, for the 1980 Olympics, DAAZ began producing keychains
with a talisman and commemorative medals.
On October 25-26, 1978,
a zonal meeting-seminar of workers of agricultural authorities of the
Volga economic region was held in Ulyanovsk, discussing measures to
further increase livestock farming. At which the First Deputy Minister
of Agriculture of the RSFSR V.I. Naumov spoke.
On November 30,
1979, the world's first nuclear heat supply station came into operation
at the RIAR in Dimitrovgrad.
On August 24, 1980, the Dimitrovgrad house-building plant was created
from the Dimitrovgrad factories - silicate concrete and precast
reinforced concrete.
On August 29, 1980, M.A. Suslov again
visited the regions.
On February 6, 1981, the Ulyanovsk oil and
gas exploration expedition of the Volgokamskgeology association,
following the results of the All-Union Socialist Competition for the
fourth quarter of 1980, was awarded first place and the Red Banner of
the Ministry of Geology of the USSR and the Central Committee of the
trade union was awarded.
On May 30, 1981, the All-Union
Conference “Radiation Safety of the Population and Environmental
Protection in Connection with the Operation of Nuclear Power Plants” was
held in Dimitrovgrad, organized by the USSR Ministry of Health, at which
Deputy Minister A.I. Burnazyan spoke.
On June 7, 1981, following
the results of socialist competition for the best provision of cultural
services to the rural population in 1980, the Ulyanovsk region was
awarded the challenge Red Banner of the Council of Ministers of the
RSFSR and the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.
On June
11, 1982, the city of Dimitrovgrad was awarded the Order of Friendship
of Peoples.
On December 17, 1982, at the Lenin Memorial on the
occasion of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, candidate
member of the CPSU Central Committee, academician of the USSR Academy of
Sciences, Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the USSR
Ivan Filippovich Obraztsov presented the region with the challenge Red
Banner of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the All-Union
Central Council of Trade Unions.
On January 3, 1983, an
enrichment plant was put into operation at the Tashlinsky quarry
department - one of the largest enterprises of the Union; more than 150
enterprises feed on its products.
On February 8, 1983, the first
stage of the Order of Lenin Center for joint training of flight,
technical and dispatch personnel of civil aviation of the CMEA member
countries was opened (CMEA GA Center).
On May 4, 1983, for
increasing the production and procurement of livestock products and
increasing the productivity of livestock and poultry for the first
quarter of 1983, the Ulyanovsk region was recognized as the winner of
the competition in the Volga region and was awarded the challenge Red
Banner of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the All-Union
Central Council of Trade Unions with a cash prize.
On May 5,
1983, for the successful implementation of plans for the construction
and reconstruction of highways, improvement of their maintenance and
improvement in 1982, the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the
All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions recognized the Ulyanovsk
region as the winner in the All-Russian socialist competition, with the
presentation of the challenge Red Banner of the Council of Ministers of
the RSFSR and the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.
On
September 11, 1983, natural gas arrived in the southern regions of the
region via the main gas pipeline.
On September 15, 1983, in the
Great Hall of the Lenin Memorial, the presentation of the Certificate of
Honor of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Council of Ministers of
the USSR, the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the Central
Committee of the Komsomol took place, following the results of the
All-Union Socialist Competition for the successful wintering of
livestock, increasing production and purchasing of livestock products
during the winter period of 1982-1983 .
On December 4, 1983, the
sanatorium named after V.I. Lenin in Undory received its first
vacationers.
On March 25, 1984, the Ulyanovsk region was awarded
the challenge Red Banner of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and
the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions for increasing production
and purchasing of livestock products in 1983.
On June 24-26,
1984, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, V. I.
Vorotnikov, visited the Ulyanovsk region.
On May 17, 1985, the
CPSU Central Committee issued a resolution “On measures to overcome
drunkenness and alcoholism,” after which an anti-alcohol campaign was
launched in the region under the motto “Sobriety is the norm of life.”
Prices for alcohol and yeast have increased. Soon there were
alcohol-free weddings, alcohol sales three times a week and alcohol
coupons. Clubs and societies to fight for sobriety began to be created
at enterprises in the region. Occupational treatment centers began to
open in the region, and about a hundred sobriety zones were created in
which the sale of alcohol was stopped.
On June 23, 1985, the
regional committee of the CPSU held a meeting on the construction of a
bridge across the Volga, at which the head of the construction
department of the CPSU Central Committee B.N. Yeltsin took part and
spoke, then he made a trip to Dimitrovgrad and the Melekessky district.
On February 15, 1986, the region was awarded the challenge Red
Banner of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the All-Union
Central Council of Trade Unions.
In February 1986, construction
began on the Presidential Bridge - a combined metal two-tier beam bridge
across the Volga River (Kuibyshev Reservoir). The official opening
ceremony of the first stage of the bridge took place on November 24,
2009.
On April 26, 1986, an accident occurred at the Chernobyl
nuclear power plant, the consequences of which affected parts of the
region: Veshkaimsky, Inzensky, Karsunsky districts. By order of the
Government of the Russian Federation “Residence zone with preferential
socio-economic status”: “Ulyanovsk region. Veshkaimsky district:
Khovrinsky s/s, Bely Klyuch; Inzensky district: Oskinsky s/s, Oskino,
Trusleysky s/s, Dubenki (crossing), Yulovo; Karsun district: Karsun s/s,
Peski.”
In the summer of 1988, survey work for the construction
of the Ulyanovsk Nuclear Power Plant took place in the Berezovsky Bay of
the Staromainsky District.
On October 31, 1989, the Bazarnosyzgan
district was re-formed.
On July 20, 1993, by a joint decision of the Small Council of the
Ulyanovsk Regional Council of People's Deputies and the Head of
Administration of the Ulyanovsk Region No. 171, the Golden Book of Honor
of the Ulyanovsk Region was established, and on December 24, 1994, a
decision was made to confer the title “Honorary Citizen of the Ulyanovsk
Region.”
On September 26, 2011, the President of the Russian
Federation D. A. Medvedev and other officials visited Dimitrovgrad.
On December 26, 2013, the symbols of the region were adopted - the
Coat of Arms and Flag of the Ulyanovsk Region.
On September 26,
2017, the Bank of Russia issued a commemorative ten-ruble coin dedicated
to the Ulyanovsk region.
On August 2, 2019, a meeting of the
Volga region regions on the issue of veterinary medicine was held in the
regional center of Novospassky.
On February 12, 2021, by Order of
the Government of the Russian Federation No. 316-r, a new settlement was
formed in the Staromainsky district - the village of Uspenskoye.