Mordovo, Russia

 

Mordovo is a workers' village in the Tambov region, the administrative center of the Mordovian region and the Mordovian municipal council. Located in the southwestern part of the region, 80 km from Tambov, on the banks of the Bityug River. Railway station Oborona on the line Gryazi - Povorino.

It was located on the right bank of the Bityug River. The settlement of the left bank began in the 19th century, accelerating after 1879, when the Gryaze-Tsaritsinskaya railway was built there.

 

Attractions

The main attraction of Mordovo is the Michael-Arkhangelsk temple, built on public funds in 1859-1909. It is made in an eclectic style in the form of a ship, symbolizing salvation in a quiet haven of lost and lost souls. The approval of the project of the temple was carried out by officials of the Construction Department of the Provincial Government: the provincial architect, state councilor, Alexander Fedorovich Mirolyubov and the junior architect, court councilor, Theophil Alexandrovich Svirchevsky. The architecture of the temple has much in common with the projects of the temples of the Voronezh provincial architect Alexander Antonovich Cui in the city of Zadonsk: the Temple of the Ascension of the Lord - the cathedral church of the Mother of God-Tikhonovsky (Tyunin) convent and the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity of the former Tikhonovsky Trinity (Sorrowful) monastery, perhaps he is the author of the project temple. The throne was consecrated in honor of Michael the Archangel, the southern chapel was consecrated in honor of Florus and Laurus, the northern one - in honor of Pitirim of Tambov (until 1945 - in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God). The unique ceramic iconostasis was delivered in 1890 from the New Jerusalem Monastery near Moscow. The temple can accommodate about 5,000 people, which makes it one of the largest in the region.
Monument to soldiers-internationalists.
Memorial complex in memory of the inhabitants of the district center who fell during the Great Patriotic War.

 

Geography

It is located in the southwestern part of the region, 80 km from Tambov, on the banks of the Bityug River. Oborona railway station on the Gryazi-Povorino line.

It was located on the right bank of the Bityug River. Settlement of the left bank began in the 19th century, accelerating after 1879, when the Gryase-Tsaritsinskaya railway was built there.

 

History

On the map of the Voronezh province (1724, surveyors Korney Borodavkin and Nikita Somarokov) it is designated as a settlement with a church.

Mentioned in documents of the 2nd revision (1744).

The village was inhabited mainly by service people and peasants, one-yard villagers.

In the documents of 1782, the village of Mordovo is mentioned as the volost center of the Usman district of the Tambov province with a population of about 4,000 people.

In the 19th century it became a local trade center; a fair, a bazaar, 2 mills, and a public school operated here.

Initially, the village was located on the right bank of the Bityug River. The settlement of the left bank began after the construction of the Gryaze-Tsaritsyn railway.

In 1873, Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar visited the station, who got out of the carriage to look at the locomotive during his maneuvers at the station.

In 1893, the station ranked third in the Russian Empire in terms of the volume of livestock dispatched.

By 1913, Mordovo became one of the largest villages in the Usmansky district, with 1320 households and 8250 residents.

In 1921, the workers of the railway, the sugar factory and the Red Army men, in a battle with Antonov's detachments, managed to defend the lands of the railway.

In 1932, the Mordovo station was renamed the Oborona station.

In 1928, the Mordovian region was formed.

During the Great Patriotic War, the region sent 12,340 people to the front. 6850 soldiers did not return from the battlefields. Mordovo accepted 1430 refugees and evacuees.

In 1968, Mordovo received the status of a working village.

In 1993, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy visited the Archangel Michael Church and celebrated the Divine Liturgy there.