Karasuk (black water) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of the Karasuk district of the Novosibirsk region.
The name is from the hydronym of the Karasuk river. Hydronym comes from the Türkic karasu - a type of low-water river that feeds on outlets of groundwater (Türkic kara - "black", suk - the archaic form of su - "water").
Located in the north of the Kulundinskaya steppe, in the southwestern part of the Novosibirsk region. The distance to Novosibirsk is 386 km. After the collapse of the USSR, he found himself on the border with sovereign Kazakhstan.
A
continental climate prevails. Winters are frosty and long. Summers
are hot with clear weather.
Average annual rainfall is 345
mm.
The founding of the village is considered to
be the date of foundation of Karasuk during the construction of the
Altai railway in 1912.
The first peg for construction was
driven in in May 1912, not far from the place where the Karasuk-1
station is located. The construction of the railway on the
Tatarskaya - Slavgorod section began in 1913. By the summer of 1916,
the roadbed was brought to Karasuk, and already in January 1917, it
was announced about the regular movement of a freight-passenger
train, which came to Karasuk once a week. The station got its name
from the Karasuk River, near which it was located.
The
station developed quite quickly. Initially, as part of the
Chernokurya volost, then the village council, which since 1925
became part of the Cherno-Kuryinsky district (the modern
Krasnozersky district was called the Karasuk district at that time).
By decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of November
20, 1929, the regional center was moved from the village of
Chorno-Kurya to the settlement at the Karasuk station.
By the
resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of June 7,
1933, the village of Karasuk of the Karasuksky region was renamed
into the village of Krasnozerskoye, and the Karasuksky region into
Krasnozersky; The Cherno-Kurinsky district, the administrative
center of which was in the village at the Karasuk station, was
renamed Karasuksky by the same decree.
On May 28, 1943, a
decree was issued by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
RSFSR "On classifying the Karasuk settlement of the Karasuk region
of the Altai Territory as a workers' settlement." On August 13,
1944, the Karasuksky District was transferred from the Altai
Territory to the Novosibirsk Region. On June 3, 1954, in accordance
with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR,
the working settlement of Karasuk was transformed into a city of
regional subordination.
In 1960-1980, the city's
infrastructure developed mainly at the expense of the railway, which
was and remains a city-forming center.
In 1991, in connection
with the collapse of the USSR, Karasuk received the status of a
border town, and on December 11, 1992, the Karasuk customs post was
established.
Theater "On the outskirts"
Founded by the resolution of the
session of the Council of Deputies of the city of Karasuk dated June
15, 2005. The founder was the administration of the city of Karasuk.
The only drama theater in the city. In 2009 he began its IV
theatrical season. The theater's repertoire includes both adult and
children's performances. In April 2009 "On the outskirts" went on a
tour of the NSO. Artistic director of the theater "On the outskirts"
A. P. Kobets.
Cinemas
At the moment, the city has a cinema
"Cosmos".
Museum of local lore
Main excursions:
"Through the hall of history of Karasuk and the region"
"Hall of
the Great Patriotic War"
"Hall of flora and fauna"
"Hall of
Archeology and Paleontology"
"Through the art gallery"
The
museum also hosts major exhibition projects, traveling and exchange
exhibitions. The Karasuk Regional Museum was included in the top
nine museum sites in the Novosibirsk region, which were entrusted
with holding exhibitions from the leading museums of Russia for
2014.
Two railway stations connect the city with Omsk,
Kamen-na-Obi, Slavgorod, Barnaul, Tatarsk, Barabinsk, Kalachinsk,
Novosibirsk, Pavlodar.
From the bus station of the city,
buses go to Pavlodar, Novosibirsk, Kupino, Chistoozernoe and most of
the settlements of the Karasuk region.