home Belaya Kalitva is a small town in Rostov region , located on the banks of two rivers, Seversky Donets and Kalitva. Belaya Kalitva can be called one of the monuments of the Cossacks on the Don. ()
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Despite the small number of residents, just over 40 thousand, the city is quite large, relatively speaking, where approximately the same number of people live. Kalitva is located 170 km from Rostov-on-Don. In a picturesque place, with beautiful nature
, on the banks of the Seversky Donets River, which is the largest tributary. By the way, on the same Donets there is a small but beautiful village.
The city was founded in the 18th century as a Cossack village. Then, in 1703, Peter 1 granted the request of the Cossacks to create a farm. But archaeological evidence suggests that the first settlements were formed here already in the 4th century BC. e.
City square, always hungry pigeons do not let children get bored. The village received city status in 1958, but the entire culture and atmosphere of the Cossack flavor has been preserved to this day. During the Great Patriotic War
the city was captured, and during its liberation, near Belaya Kalitva, the feat of Panfilov’s men was repeated. The Red Army soldiers captured and held the heights.
Lenin Square against the backdrop of the Palace of Culture - Belaya Kalitva photo The city-forming enterprise is an aluminum smelter, which produces various types of goods, from dishes to load-bearing structures. There are also other types of enterprises, a large number of
IP. In general, it feels like there is money in the city.
There are a large number of monuments in the city. Mainly Cossack themed, many of them are inspired by the years of the Great Patriotic War. Two tanks were installed, one of them at the monument to fallen soldiers with an eternal flame. Sports are well developed in the city. Eat sports complex
(now closed for renovation), chess club, rowing base, 4 sports schools, laser tag, paintball, etc.
Belaya Kalitva city photos
Despite the fact that the population in the city is declining, in general Kalitva continues to develop. This is how an entire microdistrict of nine-story buildings was built.
It is worth noting that children in the chess club study for free.
Belaya Kalitva welcomes you with its comfort and unique flavor. Most of the buildings are low; you can hardly find old buildings above 3 floors here. There are many wooden Cossack houses, divided into “bottoms” and “tops”.
The city is rich not only in man-made monuments but also in natural ones. For example, the famous “Two Sisters” mountains. Two completely identical hills are located on the banks of the river, representing a beautiful natural monument.
There are many legends and stories around the mountains. They say that Vanga mentioned them and advised walking barefoot.
Beautiful nature in Belaya Kalitva
People in Kalitva are friendly and kind, easy to communicate with, but educated. You may be surprised when public transport, a woman of about 60, with kind eyes, is trying to figure out which center you need to go to, while her scream can be heard throughout the entire bus. Out of habit, it may seem that she is angry, but she is not, it’s just a way of communicating, they talk loudly.
And in the vicinity of Kalitva there is an almost abandoned farm called Dyadin, it is interesting because they grew up in it famous people, scientists and heroes of the Soviet Union, but the main thing is that there is a temple here.
There are many stories surrounding the temple. And during the Great Patriotic War, a shell hit it, but practically did not destroy the temple. It has been restored for many years.
Temple in the Dyadin farm
Stunningly beautiful place.
There are several parks in the city, one of them is an amusement park.
Center of Kalitva in the Soviet years.
Kalitva River
In one of the villages of Belaya Kalitva, the traditional annual holiday “Kayal Readings” takes place. At which, in addition to the festive concert, a reconstructed battle between the Russians and the Polovtsians takes place. This battle is sung in “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign.” Historians believe that the battle took place right here, in the interfluve of the Kalitva and Bystraya rivers.
Winter in Kalitva is always spent skating. In several places on the river you can find hockey fields and play with a friendly group.
Another natural monument of Kalitva is a pine forest. Century-old pine trees provide an opportunity to take a useful walk before bed and breathe fresh air filled with pine scent.
Information about the city of Belaya Kalitva, Rostov region
In 1941, the village of Ust-Belokalitvinskaya began to be called the village of Belaya Kalitva, in 1958 the village received the status of a city, and in 1959 - a regional center. Since 1988, the city and the Belokalitvinsky district (76 settlements) have been a single territorial unit with a common " administrative management. The city and region are located in the central part of the Rostov region, on the eastern tip of the Donetsk Ridge, on the banks of the largest tributary of the Don - the Seversky Donets. The city itself stands at the mouth of the Kalitva and Likhaya rivers flowing into the Donets. There are a total of 6 rivers, 8 rivulets, and 20 streams in the area. The right rocky bank of the Seversky Donets in the vicinity of the city has a highest elevation of 148.8 m above sea level.
The length of the North Caucasus railway The territory is 95 km with the stations "Boguraevo", "Belaya Kalitva", "Grachi". Through the city bus station, located on the Rostov-Volgograd highway, 20 intercity routes and 39 transit routes, including those to Ukraine, arrive. Summer intercity routes along the Donets have been cancelled, only local ones operate. The local airline airport serves agricultural aviation.
Territory area 2650 sq. km, length from north to south is 150 km. The population as of January 1, 2003 was 113.7 thousand people, of which 82.1 thousand were urban residents, 31.6 were rural residents.
In 1703, a group of Cossacks petitioned military chieftain Ekim Filipyev for permission to settle a new town at the mouth of the Belaya Kalitva River. This date is considered official, although back in 1515 the ambassador Vasily III Korobov in his report mentions the people he saw at the mouth of the Kalitva. The embassy's route passed along one of the oldest caravan routes through the rifts of the Donets, which shallowed in summer. Excavations in 2002 (Don Archaeological Society, R.V. Prokofiev) indicate that there was an ancient Russian settlement on the territory of the 12-13th century. In 1675 -1683, Old Believers settled in the area, away from the caravan routes.
The entire pre-revolutionary history of Belaya Kalitva is connected with the Cossacks. Among the outstanding military leaders of Belokalitvintsy, Pyotr Ivanovich Pavlov is famous. For brilliantly constructed fortifications in the defense of Sevastopol in 1855 Alexandra III personally awarded him the Order of St. Anna 1st degree. During the same war, Colonel Ivan Ivanovich Kostin became famous for his bravery. Major General Viktor Danilovich Popov graduated from service as manager of the Ataman's office. Lieutenant General Nikolai Ivanovich Lazarev distinguished himself in Russian-Turkish war 1877 -1878, was awarded gold and silver weapons, a number of Russian and foreign orders.
Since 1804, stone mining (sandstone, limestone) began in Ust-Belokalitvinskaya; 1827 - coal. Start revolutionary activities in the Ust-Belokalitvinsk mining villages they put E.A. Shchadenko and S.S. Turlo.
In May 1918, the headquarters of the 5th and 3rd Ukrainian Red Armies retreating to Tsaritsyn under the command of K.E. was located in Ust-Belokalitvinskaya for several days. Voroshilov. The historic meeting of the red army commanders N.A. took place here. Rudneva, A.Ya. Parkhomenko, E.A. Shchadenko and Artem. At the same time, the expedition of F.G. arrived in the village. Podtelkova and M.V. Krivoshlykova.
During the Great Patriotic War, Cossack valor made itself felt: three Belokalitvinians became full holders of the Order of Soldier's Glory, fifteen - Heroes Soviet Union. Belaya Kalitva was under occupation for six months. Her release took place in the zone Battle of Stalingrad. In the Belaya Kalitva area there are active Orthodox churches: one from the 18th century (rebuilt) and three from the 19th century. Two churches are being restored and two new ones are being built. On one of the hills located within the city, in 1970, the only monument in Russia to “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” was erected. There is a municipal historical and local history museum.
The cultural life of the city and region is represented by three music schools and an art school with branches, 44 libraries and 43 club institutions, 195 amateur art groups. Since the work of the famous folklorist, our fellow countryman Professor A.M. Listopadov (1873-1949), ancient songs continue to be collected here. A developed sports complex: a Sports Palace with two swimming pools, 98 gyms, two rowing bases, a chess club, four sports schools, including the Olympic reserve.
Four world champions in kayaking and canoeing (1995-2002) and two world champions in athletics (1998, 2003) were raised in Belaya Kalitva. The All-Russian competition named after Hero of the Soviet Union B.I. is held at the rowing base. Bykova. The city-forming enterprise is the metallurgical plant of JSC BKMPO of the Russian Aluminum company, founded in 1941. In 1969, the plant was the first in the world to master the casting of ingots into an electromagnetic crystallizer (the invention was patented in 17 countries around the world). The specialists became laureates of the USSR State Prize. The plant was the first in the USSR to master the production of Teflon-coated cookware. Participated in projects for the construction of the Ruslan aircraft and spaceship"Buran" received the Government Prize No. 11997 in the field of quality.
View of the Kalitva River and the park named after. Mayakovsky
Belaya Kalitva- a city (since 1958) in, the administrative center of the Belokalitvinsky district, as well as the Belokalitvinsky urban settlement.
Population - 40831 people. (2017) The area of the city of Belaya Kalitva is 2211 hectares.
On August 29, 1958, the working village of Belaya Kalitva was transformed into a city of regional subordination.
From March 2005 to present Belaya Kalitva has the status of an urban settlement within the Belokalitvinsky district.
The city is located in the central part, on the eastern tip of the Donetsk Ridge, on the banks of the largest tributary of the Don River - the Seversky Donets. The city itself stands at the mouth of the Kalitva and Likhaya rivers flowing into the Donets. The right rocky bank of the Seversky Donets in the vicinity of the city has a highest elevation of 148.8 m above sea level.
The city is located at the confluence of the Kalitva River and the Seversky Donets, 168 km from. The area around the intersection of four deep rivers has been inhabited since ancient times: excavations and random finds indicate that people lived here 4000 years ago. Objects belonging to the Timber-frame culture of the Bronze Age were discovered. 30 years ago, in one of the city courtyards, the remains of a burial and objects of the catacomb culture of the Bronze Age (2000 BC) were also found.
The first Cossack settlement on the site of the current city appeared in 1703 by decree of Peter I - a military letter of permission for the Cossacks: Sysoy Ermolaev, Mikhail Nikitin and Emelyan Dorogalny and their comrades, according to their petition, to settle a new village on the river. Belaya Kalitva. This date is officially considered the year of birth of the village of Ust-Belokalitvenskaya (currently the city of Belaya Kalitva). The village itself was divided into four parts: Maidan, Nizovka, Bugor and Zayarovka. After the formation of the Rostov region on September 13, 1937, the Belokalitvensky district with its center in the village of Ust-Belocalitvenskaya became part of it. The entire pre-revolutionary and current history of Belaya Kalitva is connected with the Cossacks. In May 1918, the headquarters of the 5th and 3rd Ukrainian Red Armies under the command of K. E. Voroshilov was located in Ust-Belokalitvenskaya for several days. In the years Civil War During the Veshensky uprising - February 10 (23), 1919, the village of Ust-Belokalitvenskaya (now the city of Belaya Kalitva) decided to arm itself with everything and repel Soviet troops.
In 1941, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the village of Ust-Belocalitvinskaya was transformed into the working village of Belaya Kalitva.
During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the working village of Belaya Kalitva was under occupation Nazi troops during the period from July 20, 1942 to January 19, 1943. Her liberation took place in the area of the Battle of Stalingrad. In January 1943, liberating Belaya Kalitva, the horse guards of the saber squadron under the command of Annaklych Ataev from the Bashkir Cavalry Division at the cost of their lives defended an important height recaptured from the enemy, now called the height of Immortality. At the height, a memorial was erected in honor of the victims, the Eternal Flame was lit, and on the memorial stands there are more than a thousand names of Belaya Kalitva residents who did not return from the war. The saber squadron commander A. Ataev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union; one of the villages in the Belokalitvinsky district was named after him.
After the war, the coal industry was quickly restored, and construction of a large metallurgical plant resumed.
May 9, 2013 at 1 hour 40 minutes for the first appointment Main way Belaya Kalitva station, Rostov region freight train No. 2035)) with a locomotive at the head 3TE116 No. 1594/1179 registration TC-4 Maxim Gorky Privolzhskaya railway. under the control of the locomotive crew at the same depot, a locomotive and 51 cars were derailed, followed by the fire of 7 and the detonation of 1 gas tank (propane). Section “B” of diesel locomotive No. 1594 on its side, with all wheel pairs aligned. Section “B” of diesel locomotive 2TE116 No. 1179 with all wheel pairs on its side burned out completely due to a fire. Section “A” of diesel locomotive 2TE116 No. 1594 with all wheel pairs assembled, inclined at an angle of 60 degrees to the track. The 1st and 2nd gondola cars after the locomotive are assembled with all wheel pairs, lying on their sides. The next 46 cars in the derailment are piled on top of each other with all their wheel pairs. As a result of the derailment, three sections of the locomotive, 45 cars, 3 cars were damaged to the extent of being excluded from the inventory fleet overhaul, 3 cars - in the volume of the depot. Number of victims as a result of the fire at the station Belaya Kalitva amounted to 52 people, 18 of them were hospitalized. About 3,000 people were immediately evacuated from the emergency area.
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1745 | 1775 | 1800 | 1860 | 1896 | 1926 | 1939 | 1959 | 1967 | 1970 | 1979 |
447 | ↗ 1134 | ↗ 2463 | ↗ 9638 | ↘ 7558 | ↘ 3745 | ↗ 8200 | ↗ 23 533 | ↗ 29 000 | ↗ 30 857 | ↗ 38 038 |
1989 | 1992 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
↗ 47 803 | ↗ 48 800 | ↗ 49 500 | ↘ 48 600 | ↘ 47 700 | ↘ 47 300 | ↗ 47 347 | ↘ 47 300 | ↘ 46 200 | ↘ 45 600 | ↘ 45 100 |
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
↘ 44 800 | ↘ 44 205 | ↘ 43 651 | ↗ 43 700 | ↘ 42 923 | ↘ 42 441 | ↘ 42 185 | ↘ 41 734 | ↘ 41 220 | ↘ 40 831 |
As of January 1, 2018, the city ranked 385th out of 1,113 cities in the Russian Federation in terms of population.
The Belokalitvinsky urban settlement includes the following settlements:
The city-forming enterprise is the Belokalitvinsky Metallurgical Production Association (BKMPO, since 2008 - Alcoa Metallurg Rus CJSC), founded in 1941. In 1969, the plant was the first in the world to master the casting of ingots into an electromagnetic crystallizer (the invention was patented in 17 countries around the world). The specialists became laureates of the USSR State Prize. The plant was the first in the USSR to master the production of Teflon-coated cookware. Participated in projects for the construction of the Ruslan aircraft and the Buran spacecraft, and received the 1997 Government Prize No. 1 in the field of quality.
Enterprises of the Belokalitvinsky district produce: rolled aluminum, building profiles from aluminum alloys, stamped aluminum cookware and cookware with non-stick coating, forgings, coal, concentrate coal, crushed stone, bakery, confectionery and pasta products, sewing products, meat products, silicate bricks, asphalt concrete road mixtures, corrugated cardboard containers.
The city is located railroad station Belaya Kalitva on the non-electrified Likhaya - Morozovskaya line.
On the territory of the city there is a Belokalitvinsky stopping point of PJSC "Donavtovokzal", through which intercity bus transportation is carried out.
Intracity transport is represented by low-capacity buses (PAZ) and minibuses (GAZelle). There is also a suburban network of bus routes to all settlements of the Belokalitvinsky district.
Medical care in the city of Belaya Kalitva in the municipal healthcare system is provided by the following treatment and preventive institutions:
The following educational institutions are located on the territory of the city of Belaya Kalitva:
The following cultural institutions are located on the territory of the city of Belaya Kalitva:
The city has the State Budgetary Institution of the Russian Federation "Specialized School of Olympic Reserve No. 25" in Belaya Kalitva (kayaking and canoeing, athletics, swimming, judo, football, gymnastics, boxing, rock climbing), the school has at its disposal a Sports Palace with a swimming pool, gyms, a stadium, and rowing bases. The All-Russian competition named after Hero of the Soviet Union B.I. Bykov is held at the rowing base.
The city has several cultural monuments regional significance. These include:
In the city of Belaya Kalitva there are:
Orthodox church built in the 19th century - Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Vvedenskaya Church).
Temple Sovereign icons Mother of God.
In the village of Ust-Belokalitvenskaya on the Maidan there was a church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, moved here from the first place of settlement of the village and stood in the same place for about 100 years. Until 1777, there was a dilapidated wooden church in the name of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary..
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A characteristic of a region or a subject of a country is the integrity and interconnection of its constituent elements, including cities and other settlements that are part of the region.
The Rostov region region is an administrative unit of the state of Russia.
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