Kalach, Russia

 

Kalach is a city (since 1945) in Russia, the administrative center of the Kalacheevsky district of the Voronezh region and the urban settlement of Kalach. Population - 17,624 (2021).

 

Sights

Monument to V.I. Lenin
Monument to Jacques Jacobin
Monument to V. F. Margelov
Monument to E. A. Rodionov
Monument to J.V. Stalin
Kalacheevskaya chalk cave
Temple complex of the Assumption Church (XVIII-XX centuries. Architectural monument)
Assumption Church (1750. Architectural monument)
Lisitsyn's House (Kalach, 9 January Street, 3; early 20th century. Architectural monument)
Primary school building (Kalach, Lenin Square, 10; 19th century. Architectural monument)
Residential building (Kalach, Krasnoarmeyskaya street, 3; 19th century. Architectural monument)
Residential building (Kalach, Lenin Square, 6; 1900. Architectural monument)

 

Geography

The city is located at the confluence of the Tolucheevka and Podgornaya rivers (Don basin), 190 km southeast of Voronezh. In the west and south, the large village of Zabrody adjoins the city.

 

History

As archaeological excavations show, back in the second millennium BC, the current territory of the region was inhabited by ancient peoples engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding. For many centuries, the territories of the future city served as camps for nomads. Since 1571, a permanent public watch service has been organized within the current Kalacheevsky district.

Permanent settlements appeared at the beginning of the 18th century. They were founded by both free Ukrainian settlers and Cossacks of the Ostrogozhsky regiment. In 1715, the Voronezh provincial chancellery gave an order to create a settlement - the settlement Kalach. The settlement's commercial importance increased when the railway was built in 1896.

During the Civil War, the region turned out to be a springboard for fierce battles. In 1919-1924 it was the center of the county.

On July 30, 1928, Kalach became the center of the newly formed Kalacheevsky district.

The Kalacheevsky district did not stand aside during the Great Patriotic War. More than 15 thousand people fought on various fronts. More than 9 thousand natives of the city did not return from the battlefield. 17 Kalacheevites were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In the vicinity of the city, defensive battles took place in July 1942 (Battle of Stalingrad).

On January 10, 1945, the village of Kalach was transformed into a city of regional subordination by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.

In peacetime, 5 workers of the region were awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. In recent years, the region's economy has been strengthened, crop yields have increased, the number of livestock has increased, and the technical equipment of collective farms has improved. In 1960, the largest elevator in the region received its first grain. In the 1970-1980s, large enterprises were put into operation in the suburbs of Kalach: a sugar and cheese factory, a meat processing plant, electrical networks, and transgas.

Kalach in our time is a modern city with a developed social infrastructure, consisting of many educational, cultural and medical institutions. There are more than a hundred historical, cultural and architectural monuments in the area.

 

Climate

The city's climate is temperate continental, with relatively cold winters and hot, dry summers.

 

Economy

sugar factory
food plant
meat processing plant
dairy production plant
bakery plant Kalacheevsky
building materials plant
car repair factories
linear production management of main gas pipelines
chalk mining (mining stopped)
IT cluster "Chernozemye"

 

Local authorities

1) The Council of People's Deputies is a representative body, consists of 15 deputies, term of office - 5 years;

2) The head of the urban settlement - elected by the Council of People's Deputies from among its members, exercises the powers of the chairman of the Council of People's Deputies;

3) The administration of the urban settlement is an executive and administrative body. The head of the administration of an urban settlement is a person appointed to the position of head of administration under a contract concluded as a result of a competition;

4) The Audit Commission of the urban settlement is a control and accounting body.

 

In art

Mentioned in the song “Echelonnaya (Song about Voroshilov)” to the words of Osip Kolychev.

 

Culture

Kalacheevsky District Museum of Local Lore
Cinema "October"
RDK Yubileiny
DK Zabrodensky
DK im. V. I. Chapaeva
5-D center "Red Star"