Uzhur is a city of regional subordination (since 1953) in Russia,
the administrative center of the Uzhursky district of the
Krasnoyarsk Territory. Forms a municipality with the status of an
urban settlement, the city of Uzhur as the only settlement in its
composition. Within the framework of the administrative-territorial
structure, the city of Uzhur corresponds to the
administrative-territorial unit.
Uzhur-4 - the former name of
a Soviet-era missile formation, a military town. 62nd Red Banner
Missile Division in ZATO Solnechny.
The city is located on the rivers Uzhurka and
Chernavka, 295 kilometers from Krasnoyarsk.
Located in the
south of the forest-steppe Nazarovskaya depression in the so-called
"Uzhursky gates" (between the Solgonsky ridge and the spurs of the
Kuznetsk Alatau) on the Achinsk-Abakan railway. The straight-line
distance to Krasnoyarsk is 201 km.
The name comes
from the Buryat "Ozur" - "mouth of the river". Previously - the
village of Uzhur.
Founded in 1760, until 1822 it was a small
village (ulus) inhabited by Khakass people. Since 1822 - the center
of the Uzhur volost of the Achinsky district of the Yenisei
province. In 1857 a stone church was built here.
In 1922 he
did military service in Uzhur and worked on the book "In the days of
defeats and victories" by A. Gaidar (Golikov).
On February
17, 1942, Uzhur received the status of a working village.
Church in the name of the supreme apostles Peter and Paul
Built in 1824 and preserved to this day, it is remarkable both for
its architecture and history. The first, wooden, single-altar church
in Uzhur was built in 1775 at the request of the Kyzyl princes at
the expense of Gavrila Ulchugashev, the founder of Uzhur and a
deputy to the Legislative Commission from “Tatars belonging to
Tomsk”.
Monument to the Heroes of the Civil War
Located on
the street. Lenin, not far from the Administration building. Built
in 1960. Apparently, it was installed on the site of a mass grave,
as indicated by indirect signs. For a long time, the monument was
"nameless" and only in 2013, for the 60th anniversary of the city,
memorial plates with the names of the victims were installed.
Military Glory Square
Between the monument to the heroes of
the civil war and the Peter and Paul Church there is a Square of
Military Glory, in which a memorial plate is installed to the Uzhurs
who died in local wars. A flowerbed in the shape of a star, not
spoiling the picture, everything else: slabs, curbs, paving stones -
is completely banal and without any frills. A separate song is a
creepy typical fence that separates the square from the private
sector.
Springs of Happiness
They are located at the
entrance to the city of Uzhur, forty meters to the right of the
Nazarovo-Uzhur highway. The official name of the source is "The
Second Spring on the Uzhurka River", is a natural monument of
regional significance. On July 22, 2011, an equipped spring was
opened. A well-equipped spring is clearly visible from the road, a
baptismal font has been built, a parking lot is asphalted, a
convenient and safe descent to the spring is equipped. Local
residents assure that the water in these springs is curative. Not
only residents of Uzhur come to fetch water, but also everyone who
passes along the highway.
Central park
Located on the site
of the previously existing Railway Workers Park on the street.
Vokzalnaya. Currently, a large-scale reconstruction and improvement
of the territory is being carried out on the territory of the park.
Embankment of the Uzhurka River
Located on both sides of the
bridge on the street. Kirov. It is always clean, cultural and
comfortable here. Benches, a drinking fountain in the gazebo. On the
opposite side there is a footbridge leading to an equipped
playground.
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Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists "Revival"
A
solid building located in the city center on the street. Kirov.
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Uchum resort
The well-known Siberian resort "Lake Uchum"
functions 40 km south-west of Uzhur. Located directly on the shore
of Lake Uchum, in a mountain valley, among the picturesque eastern
forts of the Kuznetsk Alatau. Due to its remoteness from large
industrial centers and its medicinal properties, the lake is
popular. The sanatorium consists of four buildings and a medical
building. Also on the territory of the sanatorium there is a dining
room and a restaurant. The Uchum resort treats diseases of the
nervous system, digestive organs, gynecological and urological
diseases, skin and metabolic diseases. Rooms have multifunctional
beds and handicapped ramps. Experienced specialists carry out
physiotherapy exercises, a variety of massages, hydrotherapy (which
includes Charcot's douche, ascending and circular douche),
inhalation. Special dietary nutrition and medicinal properties of
mineral water allow you to cope with peptic ulcer and gastritis at
different stages. At the service of vacationers, treatment with
nitrous oxide and curative mud, hirudotherapy, phyto-barrels.