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Narimanov

- a city (since 1984) in Russia, the administrative center of the Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region, forms
the municipal entity “City of Narimanov”
with the status of an urban settlement.

Climate

• Average annual air temperature - 11.6 °C
• Relative air humidity - 59.0%
• Average wind speed - 3.9 m/s

Nariman Narimanov: revolutionary and writer

History of man and state

April 14, 2020 marks 150th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary, statesman and writer Nariman Karbalai Najaf oglu Narimanov (1870 - 1925) .

N. Narimanov was born in Tiflis (Tbilisi) into a poor Azerbaijani family (in those years, Azerbaijanis were called Tatars, but hereinafter the modern term will be used). Nariman was the youngest of 9 children. Parents who wanted to give their son a good education sent him to a Russian school. He then studied at the teacher's seminary in the city of Gori , upon completion of which he received a teacher's diploma.

After working as a rural teacher for several years, Nariman Narimanov moved to Baku with the goal of opening a private school where he could realize his pedagogical ideas. It was not possible to do this and Narimanov began working as a teacher in someone else’s private school. He taught Russian and Azerbaijani languages ​​and at the same time was engaged in educational activities in a variety of directions.

In 1894 , on the initiative of Narimanov, the first Azerbaijani public library-reading room was opened in Baku (previously there were only Armenian ones). The library, popularly called the “Nariman Reading Room” , enjoyed great success. However, in 1898 the authorities closed it “for its harmful direction.”

In Baku, Narimanov became interested in theater and began playing in an amateur troupe. Nikol Vasilyevich Gogol (1809 - 1852) into Azerbaijani and played the role of the Governor in it. Then he began to write plays himself.

Cover of "Bahadur and Sona". Edition 1957, Baku

The turning point in the life and work of Nariman Narimanov was the novel “Bahadur and Sona” 1896 , which challenged both Azerbaijani and Armenian nationalists. The plot of “Bahadur and Sona” is not original. This is a reworking of the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) , in which Romeo turned into the Azerbaijani youth Bahadur, Juliet into the Armenian girl Sona, and the enmity between the Capulets and Montagues families into interethnic enmity between Azerbaijanis and Armenians, which is where cooler. Soon this enmity will turn into great blood.

In real Azerbaijan at the end of the 19th century, marriage between an Azerbaijani boy and an Armenian girl is impossible. Therefore, Bahadur commits suicide, and Sona goes crazy and spends the rest of her life in a mental hospital.

In the late 1890s - early 1900s, N. Narimanov tried to create newspapers and magazines in the Azerbaijani language, but did not receive permission from the authorities.

“Tatar self-teacher for Russians.” Compiled by N. Narimanov, 1900

In 1899 , N. Narimanov published “A Brief Grammar of the Azerbaijani Language ,” which was used for many years as a textbook for secondary schools. The activities of N. Narimanov at the end of the 19th century were still the activities of an educator who did not encroach on the foundations of the existing socio-economic order and linked hopes for a better future with the development of education.

Many peoples of the Russian Empire had such educators ( Mikhail Petrovich Drahomanov (1841 - 1895) among the Ukrainians, Ilya Grigorievich Chavchavadze (1837 - 1907) and Akaki Rostomovich Tsereteli (1840 - 1915) among the Georgians, Mirzo Fatali Akhundov (1812 - 1878) among the Azerbaijanis , Khachatur Avetikovich Abovyan (1809 - 1848) and Mikael Lazarevich Nalbandyan (1829 - 1862) among the Armenians, Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov (1835 - 1865) and Abay Kunanbaev (1845 - 1904) among the Kazakhs, Akmulla (Mirtakhetdin Kamaletdinovich Kamaletdinov ) (1831 - 1895) among the Bashkirs, Kayum Nasyri (Gabdelkayum Gabdelnasyrovich Nasyrov) (1825 - 1902) among the Kazan Tatars, Ismail Gasprinsky (1851 - 1914) among the Crimean Tatars).

But Narimanov managed to take the next step, turning from an educator into a revolutionary. This was facilitated by the rapid development of the revolutionary movement in international Baku.

Baku workers, 1900s

In the early 1900s, Baku workers (primarily oil field workers) lived and worked in appalling conditions. Eventually their patience ran out. In July 1903 at the oil fields in Baku , forcing the owners to make some concessions. An even more massive strike occurred in December 1904 , as a result of which the oil industrialists were forced to accept the demands of the workers, in particular, the demands for the conclusion of collective agreements. One of the organizers of this strike was Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Stalin) (1879 - 1953) .

In 1904 , the Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party "Gummet" . Among its founders are such different people as the future leader of the Musavatists, Mamed Alekper oglu Rasul-zade (1884 - 1955) and one of the future leaders of the Azerbaijani Bolsheviks, Sultan Majid oglu Efendiyev (1887 - 1938) .

Founding group of "Gummet". From left to right: Mashadi Azizbekov, Azhdar Melikov, Asadulla Akhundov and Mamed Alekper ogly Rasul-zade

In 1905 , N. Narimanov joined this party.

Somewhat earlier (in 1887 , the Armenian Social Democratic Party “Hnchak” (“Bell”) in Western Armenia which was part of the Ottoman Empire . Soon she extended her activities to Russian Armenia. And in 1890 Dashnaktsutyun party was created in Tiflis (Tbilisi). Its creators were not alien to socialist ideas, but national problems worried them much more.

Initially, Dashnaktsutyun set as its main goal only the liberation of Western Armenia from the Turkish yoke. The Dashnaks form partisan detachments that are sent to the territory of Turkey . Russia and the Russian Dashnaktsutyun are initially considered their allies, but then the situation changes.

At the beginning of the 20th century, not only social, but also national problems worsened Transcaucasia This was greatly facilitated by the Russian administration, which pursued a policy of “divide and conquer.” For the time being, the Muslim population of Transcaucasia was subject to discrimination by the Russian authorities, but Grigory Sergeevich Golitsyn (1838 - 1907), 1896 as Chief of the Caucasian Administration, changed the policy. He began to actively support Muslims against the Armenians and oppress the latter in every possible way. On October 14, 1903, he was seriously wounded by an Armenian terrorist and was recalled from the Caucasus in 1904.

In February 1905 in Azerbaijan . The reason for it was the murder of an Azerbaijani criminal by Armenian guards while trying to escape. After this, Azerbaijani armed groups attacked the Armenian quarter. The Armenians did not remain in debt. A massacre began, which soon spread to other regions of Transcaucasia.

The Armenians suspected (apparently, not without reason) of organizing the massacre of the governor of Baku Prince Mikhail Alexandrovich Nakashidze (1844 - 1905) . In May 1905, he was killed by a Dashnak.

In May 1905 , the massacre was repeated in Nakhichevan , and in August in Baku . The total number of victims of these events, according to rough estimates, was several thousand people. More than a hundred villages, both Armenian and Azerbaijani, were destroyed. The conversation about who was right in these events, the Armenians or the Azerbaijanis, is absolutely meaningless. Both sides were good. Moral responsibility for the bloodshed lies with many representatives of the Azerbaijani and Armenian intelligentsia, who fanned the flames of interethnic hatred.

But 1905 in Baku is memorable not only for the massacre. In the same year, there were mass labor demonstrations organized by social democratic organizations, including the Gummet . The left wing of this party, of which Narimanov , resolutely opposed nationalism and for the unity of Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian workers. In 1906 , Narimanov of the RSDLP into Azerbaijani .

After the defeat of the revolution, the Gummet practically ceased to exist. But Narimanov continues his revolutionary activities within the framework of other social democratic structures. In 1909 he was arrested, after which he was exiled to the Astrakhan province. Here he participates in a survey of plague foci, conducted under the leadership of the outstanding Russian researcher Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845 - 1916) .

I.I. Mechnikov at work

In 1914 , Narimanov was released from exile and returned to Baku .

In memory of Narimanov’s in the Astrakhan province, a young city founded in 1984 .

S.G. Shaumyan

After the fall of the autocracy in February 1917, Narimanov became one of the leaders of the Baku Committee of the RSDLP and the editor-in-chief of the party newspaper. In March 1917 in Baku , headed by the Bolshevik Stepan Georgievich Shaumyan (1878 - 1918) . After the victory of the October Revolution, the Council, which the right-wing Mensheviks and right-wing Social Revolutionaries left in protest, declared support for the new government in Russia and the taking of full power in Baku .

However, the power of the Council was very fragile. Including because the social conflict was superimposed on the interethnic conflict. In March 1918 Musavat party, opposed the Council . The Dashnaks, who came out on the side of the Bolsheviks, turned the suppression of the uprising into a massacre of the Muslim population, comparable in its cruelty to the massacre of 1905. The Dashnaks even attacked Bolsheviks of Azerbaijani nationality. Narimanov was also attacked, but, thank God, he survived. He was saved by S.G. Shaumyan. The Bolsheviks and in particular Narimanov tried to stop the senseless bloodshed, but they could not do anything: the situation in the city was controlled by an army consisting mainly of Armenians supporting the Dashnaks.

In a letter to V. Lenin N. Narimanov wrote that “the civil war in Baku and its regions dealt a mortal blow to our common holy cause.”

In April 1918 the Baku Council of People's Commissars was created in Baku , headed by S.G. Shaumyan. Narimanov was appointed to the post of People's Commissar of Municipal Economy and became the head of the life support systems of a huge multinational city.

On May 28, 1918 , Azerbaijani nationalists located in Menshevik-controlled Georgia proclaimed the creation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic . Its leader was Mamed Emin Rasul-zade , a former comrade of Narimanov in the Gummet , who switched to right-wing nationalist positions and became the leader of the Musavat .

In July 1918 , the Turkish offensive began on Baku . In this situation, the right wing of the Baku Council relied on the British. A pro-British coup d'etat took place in Baku and power passed to the Tsentrokaspiya (Central Committee of the Caspian Flotilla) controlled by the Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries. After this, British troops entered the city.

British troops in Baku, 1918

The left-wing leaders of the Baku Soviet were arrested. And on September 15, the Turkish army entered the city, transferring power to the leadership of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The massacre of the Armenian population began, during which about 30 thousand people died.

In the turmoil that accompanied the change of power in Baku, the leaders of the Baku Council managed to free themselves. For a certain amount of money, they agreed with the captain of the ship to take them to Astrakhan. But the captain took them to Krasnovodsk. On September 20, 1918 , by order of the Trans-Caspian Provisional Government, formed by the Social Revolutionaries, 26 leaders of the Baku Bolsheviks, led by S.G. Shaumyan were shot.

Painting “Execution of 26 Baku commissars”, I.I. Brodsky, 1925

After the death of 26 Baku commissars, the Baku Bolsheviks, who went underground, were led by Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895 - 1975) . He showed himself to be an excellent organizer and an excellent diplomat, able to “resolve” the most difficult situations. Subsequently, A.I. Mikoyan became one of the leaders of the Soviet state.

In July 1918, N. Narimanov, due to deteriorating health, left Baku for Astrakhan for treatment. Apparently, this move saved his life.

In January 1919, N. Narimanov moved to Moscow and began working in the central bodies of Soviet power. He works as Commissioner for Muslim Affairs of Transcaucasia, head of the Middle East department of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, and Deputy People's Commissar for Nationalities. In these posts he proves himself to be an excellent diplomat. His work was highly appreciated by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin .

On the night of April 27-28, 1920 in Azerbaijan . At the same time, regular units of the Red Army were introduced into Azerbaijan under the command of Army Commander Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (1890 - 1938) and member of the Military Council Sergei Mironovich Kirov (1886 - 1934) . Power in the republic passed into the hands of the Military Revolutionary Committee, which was headed by Nariman Narimanov .

Red Army in Baku, 1920

The new government dealt quite harshly with many of its political opponents, but Narimanov managed to keep the terror within reasonable limits. He sought to use the experience of his former enemies for the benefit of the young Soviet Republic . Thus, on his initiative, the tsarist generals Samed bey Sadyk bey ogly Mehmandarov (1855 - 1931) (in the Musavatist government of Azerbaijan he served as Minister of War) and Ali Agha Ismail Agha ogly Shikhlinsky (1863 - 1943) . Leader of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic M.E. Rasul-zade was arrested by security officers, but was released on the personal instructions of I.V. Stalin (they were once close friends, and Rasul-zade helped Stalin avoid arrest).

Rasul-zadeh was expelled from Azerbaijan Persian in Moscow With the help of the Musavatist underground, he managed to escape abroad. During the Second World War, the intelligence services of Nazi Germany offered M.E. Rasul-zade cooperated in the fight against the USSR , but Rasul-zade set the condition for such cooperation as the creation of an independent Azerbaijan . The Germans did not agree to this, and the deal did not take place. After the war, Rasul-zadeh collaborated with American intelligence services and spoke on Voice of America . He died in Turkey in 1955 .

In 1920 , Narimanov was appointed Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijan SSR . Together with the 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Sergei Mironovich Kirov (1886 - 1934), he began to lead the construction of a new Soviet Azerbaijan .

Sergei Mironovich Kirov

One of the problems that faced the Azerbaijani Republic was the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh . Nagorno-Karabakh is a small territory surrounded on all sides by Azerbaijan, but populated predominantly by Armenians. The army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, together with its Turkish allies, mercilessly suppressed the protests of the Armenian population in Karabakh. Until Soviet power was established Armenia Azerbaijan (more precisely, the Red Army units located on the territory of Karabakh) continued to do this. But after the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia at the end of November 1920 , Narimanov, on behalf of the leadership of Soviet Azerbaijan, declared that the Azerbaijan SSR would not object to the annexation of Karabakh to Soviet Armenia.

Which republic should Karabakh be annexed to - Azerbaijan or Armenia? Comrade Ordzhonikidze believed that it was to Armenia. He was supported (but not so unconditionally) by I.V. Stalin . But international politics intervened in the matter. The Soviet Union was interested in strengthening friendly ties with Turkey, where a revolution took place, the Sultan's regime was overthrown and a republic was established. Therefore, Nagorno-Karabakh was transferred to Muslim Azerbaijan on the condition of granting broad autonomy to the Armenian population. This decision became a time bomb that exploded after more than 60 years.

In November 1945 , 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia Grigory Artemyevich Arutinov (1900 - 1957) sent a letter to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in which he raised the issue of transferring Nagorno-Karabakh to the Armenian SSR. In response to this, the leader of Azerbaijan, Mir Jafar Abbas oglu Bagirov (1896 - 1956), presented counter territorial claims to Armenia. The question was hushed up.

It is necessary, however, to note that under Narimanov there was not a single major clash on ethnic grounds in Azerbaijan Which can probably be considered the most outstanding achievement of this statesman.

Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR

In December 1922 , the three Soviet republics of Transcaucasia ( Azerbaijan , Armenia and Georgia ) united to form the Transcaucasian Federation . And on December 30, 1922, the USSR was created . As a representative of the Transcaucasian Federation, Comrade Narimanov became one of the co-chairs of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR (together with Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (1875 - 1946) , Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (1878 - 1958) and Alexander Grigorievich Chervyakov (1892 - 1937) ). That is, he became the official head of the Soviet state.

At the same time, Narimanov did not give up his diplomatic work. In 1922, he took part in the Genoa Conference, at which he represented the interests of the Transcaucasian republics.

By nature, Comrade Narimanov was a gentle, intelligent person. He was not characterized by asceticism: he loved comfort, good clothes; Apparently, he was partial to Beautiful Ladies and enjoyed success with them. But despite all this, the main thing in his life was always service to the Cause of Communism.

Nariman Narimanov died suddenly as a result of a heart attack in Moscow on the evening of March 19, 1925 . In connection with his death, national mourning was declared throughout the USSR. On March 22, Narimanov was buried with military honors on Red Square in the Kremlin wall.

The history of Azerbaijan in the 20th century is tragic. The origins of this tragedy lie at the end of the 19th century. Or maybe they have more ancient roots. Given the complexity of interethnic relations, Azerbaijan was one of the most problematic union republics of the USSR. And at the same time, it was extremely important for the Soviet Union. Indeed, in the first half of the 20th century, the USSR received most of its oil from Azerbaijan.

Mir Jafar Abbas oglu Bagirov

It is probably for this reason that, with the sanction of the highest Soviet leadership, the personal dictatorship of Mir Jafar Abbas oglu Bagirov (1896 - 1956) , who ruled Azerbaijan until 1953, was established in Azerbaijan in 1933. According to his convictions, the dictator of Soviet Azerbaijan was most likely not a communist, but a bourgeois nationalist who dreamed of a Greater Azerbaijan with the inclusion of part of Iran. Besides, he was a very bad person. And his past was dark. Which, apparently, was not a secret for Moscow leaders. But, using extremely brutal methods (the scope of repressions of 1937-38 in Azerbaijan far exceeded the average Soviet level), Bagirov managed to maintain stability in a very problematic republic, which for the time being provided him with support in Moscow. But no matter how much the rope twists, sooner or later the inevitable end will come. In 1956, for his crimes, according to the verdict of the Soviet court, M.D. Bagirov was shot.

In 1969 , in order to combat corruption, a regime of personal power was re-established in Azerbaijan. Heydar Ali Rza ogly Aliyev (1923 - 2003) became the head of the Republican Communist Party and the de facto head of the republic . Unlike Bagirov, he was not a villain. Moreover, he can well be considered an outstanding statesman who did a lot for Azerbaijan both in Soviet and post-Soviet times. Probably G.A. Aliyev can be compared to General Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970) .

Heydar Aliyev and Leonid Brezhnev

After the start of “perestroika,” the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict flared up with renewed vigor. The conflict began around the demands of the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh for its transfer to Armenia. Probably, the Moscow leadership could have extinguished the conflict by satisfying the demands of the Armenian population of Karabakh, but this was not done. At the end of February 1988, an Armenian pogrom took place in Sumgait, followed by a series of pogroms of both Armenians in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis in Armenia. There was no turning back now.

Pogrom in Sumgait

The Armenian-Azerbaijani war lasted for several years. It was superimposed by internal disputes both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. In this war and in these showdowns, both former partycrats and former democrats showed themselves extremely negatively. The turn towards ending the war began after the return to power of the “Azerbaijani de Gaulle” Heydar Aliyev. The events of 1958, which took place in France, gripped by an acute crisis, were repeated: on October 3, 1993 , 98% of Azerbaijanis, tired of the war, gave their votes to the former leader of the Azerbaijan SSR. On May 5, 1994, a ceasefire agreement was signed. However, the peace remained very fragile. It is still fragile.

Many complaints can be made against the authoritarian regime of the Aliyev father and son. But he brought peace for the land of Azerbaijan and Armenia. In a country like Azerbaijan, this is a lot. During Soviet times, a fairly developed modern industry was created in Azerbaijan. A good climate allows for the successful development of agricultural production. This opens up good prospects for the future. But these prospects can be realized only under one condition - if there are no more wars and interethnic conflicts on the soil of Azerbaijan.

S.V. Bagotsky

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Story

In 1962, the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a Resolution on the construction of a water divider, fish hatcheries, spawning farms and land reclamation of the eastern part of the Volga. The implementation of this complex of works was entrusted to the Order of Lenin trust "Volgogradgidrostroy". The water divider was supposed to redistribute the Volga water according to the will of man. During the period of high spring floods in the eastern part of the delta there are all conditions for fish spawning. In dry years, these conditions do not exist. The water divider was supposed to provide water to over 30 thousand hectares of delta areas[4].

For these purposes, construction of the future city began 45 km from Astrakhan. On April 21, 1963 (this day is considered the official birthday of the city), a guard guard was moored from the Dzerzhinsky cooperage and mechanical plant in Astrakhan, where SMU-5 “Volgogradgidrostroy” was located. From that time on, the history of the construction of the water divider and the city of Narimanov began. By the end of August 1964, 5 barracks were commissioned, and at the end of November 5 more. All barracks were occupied by water divider builders. On September 27, 1966, the first cubic meter of concrete was poured into the body of the future water divider dam. On December 19, 1965, the first elections to the village council of workers' deputies were held[4].

At the end of September 1973, navigation through the water dispensing dam was opened. In 1975, the lock canal was put into operation.

In 1983, the village of Privolzhye was transferred to the Trusovsky district of the city of Astrakhan, and the district center was moved to the village of Nizhnevolzhsky[4].

On October 19, 1984, the village of Nizhnevolzhsky was transformed into a city and received the name “Narimanov” in honor of the Azerbaijani statesman Nariman Narimanov.

Narimanov

(Astrakhan region)

OKATO code:
12240501
Founded: Urban settlement since:
1967
City since:
1984 City of district subordination (Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region)
Center:
Narimanovsky district
The city was formerly called:

Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
1
Geographic latitude:
46°41′
Geographic longitude:
47°51′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
0 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Narimanov

Population

Notes

1. ↑ 12
   www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2016/bul_dr/mun_obr2016.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016
2. [mo.astrobl.ru/gorodnarimanov/obshchie-svedeniya General information | Narimanov city]
3. [www.retscreen.net/ru/home.php NASA. RETScreen Database]
4. ↑ 123
   [mo.astrobl.ru/gorodnarimanov/istoricheskaya-spravka Historical information | Narimanov city]
5. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1989. Urban population]. [www.webcitation.org/617x0o0Pa Archived from the original on August 22, 2011].
6. ↑ 123456
   www.MojGorod.ru/astrahan_obl/narimanov/index.html People's encyclopedia “My City”. Narimanov (city)
7. [www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls All-Russian Population Census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more]. [www.webcitation.org/65AdCU0q3 Archived from the original on February 3, 2012].
8. [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B09_109/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/tabl-21-09.xls Number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009]. Retrieved January 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6MJmu0z1u Archived from the original on January 2, 2014].
9. [astrastat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/astrastat/resources/f8fd6a004e9c2051afc3bfa638e2bbf1/1.+Number+and+location+of the+population+of the Astrakhan+region.pdf All-Russian population census 2010. 1. Number and distribution of the population of the Astrakhan region]. Retrieved May 11, 2015. [www.webcitation.org/6YS1B8hDL Archived from the original on May 11, 2015].
10. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2012/bul_dr/mun_obr2012.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012]. Retrieved May 31, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6PyOWbdMc Archived from the original on May 31, 2014].
11. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2013/bul_dr/mun_obr2013.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements)]. Retrieved November 16, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6LAdCWSxH Archived from the original on November 16, 2013].
12. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2014/bul_dr/mun_obr2014.rar Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014]. Retrieved August 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6RWqP50QK Archived from the original on August 2, 2014].
13. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2015/bul_dr/mun_obr2015.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015]. Retrieved August 6, 2015. [www.webcitation.org/6aaNzOlFO Archived from the original on August 6, 2015].

Map

Narimanov: photo from space (Google Maps) Narimanov: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)

a brief description of

The city is located on the Caspian lowland, on the right bank of the Volga, 40 km from the railway. Trusovo station on the Astrakhan-Gudermes line, 48 km northwest of Astrakhan. Highway (Astrakhan - Volgograd).

Territory (sq. km): 28

Information about the city of Narimanov on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

Originally the village of Nizhnevolzhskoe; name for its location in the lower reaches of the Volga. In 1967, the village was transformed into the working settlement of Nizhnevolzhsk, which on March 31, 1983 became the center of the Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region (before that the city of Astrakhan was the center of the district).

On October 19, 1984, the town of Nizhnevolzhsk was transformed into a city and named after the district after the name of the Soviet state and party leader N.N. Nariman Kerbalay oglu Narimanov (1870-1925).

Municipal indicators

Data sources:

1. Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.

Economy

(production of block modules for the top structures of floating drilling rigs).

Main enterprises

SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

JSC Shipbuilding
416135, Astrakhan region, Narimanovsky district, Narimanov,
Offers:
Ships, ship repairs, platforms for drilling wells

Excerpt characterizing Narimanov (city)

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You don’t know how important you are to me and how much you have done for me!..” She spoke quickly and not noticing how Pierre blushed at these words. “I saw in the same order, he, Bolkonsky (she said this word quickly, in a whisper), he is in Russia and is serving again. “What do you think,” she said quickly, apparently in a hurry to speak because she was afraid for her strength, “will he ever forgive me?” Will he have any ill feelings against me? How do you think? How do you think? “I think...” said Pierre. “He has nothing to forgive... If I were in his place...” Through the connection of memories, Pierre’s imagination instantly transported him to the time when, comforting her, he told her that if he were not he, but the best person in the world and free , then he would be on his knees asking for her hand, and the same feeling of pity, tenderness, love would overcome him, and the same words would be on his lips. But she didn't give him time to say them. “Yes, you are,” she said, pronouncing this word “you” with delight, “another matter.” I don’t know a kinder, more generous, better person than you, and there cannot be one. If you had not been there then, and even now, I don’t know what would have happened to me, because... - Tears suddenly poured into her eyes; she turned, raised the notes to her eyes, began to sing and began to walk around the hall again. At the same time, Petya ran out of the living room. Petya was now a handsome, ruddy fifteen-year-old boy with thick, red lips, similar to Natasha. He was preparing for university, but recently, with his comrade Obolensky, he secretly decided that he would join the hussars. Petya ran out to his namesake to talk about the matter. He asked him to find out if he would be accepted into the hussars. Pierre walked through the living room, not listening to Petya. Petya tugged at his hand to attract his attention. - Well, what’s my business, Pyotr Kirilych. For God's sake! There is only hope for you,” said Petya. - Oh yes, it's your business. To the hussars? I'll tell you, I'll tell you. I'll tell you everything today. - Well, mon cher, did you get the manifesto? - asked the old count. - And the countess was at mass at the Razumovskys, she heard a new prayer. Very good, he says. “Got it,” answered Pierre. - Tomorrow the sovereign will be... An extraordinary meeting of the nobility and, they say, a set of ten out of a thousand. Yes, congratulations. - Yes, yes, thank God. Well, what about the army? “Our people retreated again.” They say it’s already near Smolensk,” Pierre answered. - My God, my God! - said the count. -Where is the manifesto? - Appeal! Oh yes! - Pierre began to look in his pockets for papers and could not find them. Continuing to pat his pockets, he kissed the hand of the countess as she entered and looked around restlessly, apparently waiting for Natasha, who was no longer singing, but also did not come into the living room. “By God, I don’t know where I put him,” he said. “Well, he’ll always lose everything,” said the countess. Natasha came in with a softened, excited face and sat down, silently looking at Pierre. As soon as she entered the room, Pierre's face, previously gloomy, lit up, and he, continuing to look for papers, glanced at her several times. - By God, I’ll move out, I forgot at home. Definitely... - Well, you'll be late for dinner. - Oh, and the coachman left. But Sonya, who went into the hallway to look for the papers, found them in Pierre’s hat, where he carefully placed them in the lining. Pierre wanted to read. “No, after dinner,” said the old count, apparently anticipating great pleasure in this reading. At dinner, during which they drank champagne to the health of the new Knight of St. George, Shinshin told city news about the illness of the old Georgian princess, that Metivier had disappeared from Moscow, and that some German had been brought to Rastopchin and told him that it was champignon (as Count Rastopchin himself told), and how Count Rastopchin ordered the champignon to be released, telling the people that it was not a champignon, but just an old German mushroom. “They’re grabbing, they’re grabbing,” said the count, “I tell the countess to speak less French.” Now is not the time. -Have you heard? - said Shinshin. - Prince Golitsyn took a Russian teacher, he studies in Russian - il commence a devenir dangereux de parler francais dans les rues. [it becomes dangerous to speak French on the streets.] - Well, Count Pyotr Kirilych, how will they gather the militia, and you will have to mount your horse? - said the old count, turning to Pierre. Pierre was silent and thoughtful throughout this dinner. He looked at the count as if not understanding at this address. “Yes, yes, to war,” he said, “no!” What a warrior I am! But everything is so strange, so strange! Yes, I don’t understand it myself. I don’t know, I’m so far from military tastes, but in modern times no one can answer for themselves. After dinner, the count sat quietly in a chair and with a serious face asked Sonya, famous for her reading skills, to read.

What should Narimanov of the future be like: Soviet plans

We always suspected that the city of Narimanov, located 40 kilometers north of Astrakhan, was not as simple as it might seem, and was conceived to be somewhat larger than what ended up being the case. After digging through the archives, Watermelon discovered that this was so. In the minds of Soviet architects who developed the then small (3,400 people) village of Nizhnevolzhsky, which appeared as a result of the construction of a water divider (we will talk about it next time), it was supposed to become the second largest in the region and the most modern. We offer a look into the future, which never became the present.

The impetus for turning the village of Nizhnevolzhsky into a city was the construction of a large shipbuilding plant next to it. The same one on the basis of which a special economic zone of the same name has now been organized. It was assumed that by 1990 the first stage of the plant would be launched, which would cause an increase in the population of Narimanov to 27.5 thousand people. In 2000, according to the ideas of Soviet planners of the 80s, Narimanov was supposed to become the second largest city in the Astrakhan region - with 50 thousand inhabitants.

For comparison: now the second largest city in our region is Akhtubinsk, with a population of about 38 thousand people. Narimanov now has 11 thousand inhabitants.

What the beautiful Narimanov of the future should have looked like can be easily understood from the surviving sketches of Soviet architects used as illustrations for this text. The city, according to the plan, was supposed to stretch along the Volga, and low administrative buildings located on wide avenues were supposed to be adjacent to multi-story buildings. In order to estimate the approximate size of all this, it is enough to know that initially as many as four microdistricts were planned in Narimanov.

Unfortunately, the main construction began only in the late 80s and immediately faced cuts in funding limits due to the deteriorating economic situation in the country. The builders did not lose optimism and erected new buildings, but then the work was abruptly stopped. Leaving only some unfinished projects in memory of grandiose plans.

One of the clearest indications that Narimanov was supposed to become much larger than it eventually became is the bypass road around the city. Now the federal highway R-22 “Caspian” runs right through the settlement, but according to plans there should be a central street in this place. And the transit transport was supposed to be sent along a different route, which was almost completed and partially asphalted. It is still clearly visible on satellite maps:

Bypass road around the town of Narimanov

Notice how much larger it is than the contours of the real Narimanov. It was to such a scale that the most modern city in the region was supposed to expand. One of the most interesting sections of this bypass road is its intersection with the railway, which is now used only for the delivery of goods to. A whole bridge was built in this place. Yes, yes, while in the regional center thousands of people wait for their turn at crossings, in Narimanov a little-used railway crosses an unfinished bypass bridge. This is what it looks like now:

Photo: Valery Smirnov / astraoracle.livejournal.com

Photo: Valery Smirnov / astraoracle.livejournal.com

If you look into the Soviet plans, it becomes clear why this was done. They wanted to make the railway line much busier and built it not only to, but also for the residents of the city. It was supposed to have a passenger railway station. Thus, residents of Narimanov of the future could get to Astrakhan using three types of transport: bus (to some extent remained, only in the form of minibuses), river (it seems they even managed to launch it) and railway (never came true). In principle, for a city of 50 thousand people, as it was planned, this is quite normal.

They also paid attention to landscaping. “A sports complex with three thousand seats, an indoor gym, a swimming pool and other facilities were also planned for construction in the village. The project envisaged the creation of a cultural and recreation park, where there would be a summer cinema, a dance floor, various playgrounds, and attractions for children and adults. The architectural and planning composition of the park is designed in conjunction with pedestrian boulevards and the Volga embankment,” as stated in the book “History of the construction industry of the Astrakhan region.” All this was done with the expectation that mostly young people with relevant interests and needs would live in Narimanov.

In general, although the plans were bold, they were very logical. According to the plan, builders were supposed to settle in Narimanov and gradually become its qualified workers. And for this purpose, it was initially designed not as a temporary settlement with barracks, but as a modern city with developed infrastructure, a clear layout and the possibility of further development. Unfortunately, all this happened during difficult years for the country’s economy, when there was no time for the future. But who knows, maybe the old plans will still have to be dusted off?