City of Novozybkov

Novozybkov on the map of Russia

You can find Novozybki on the map and get directions using your navigator using the coordinates (52.909192, 33.422197). In the northeast is the city of Klintsy, in the east is Starodub, in the southeast is the urban village of Klimovo, in the west is the Republic of Belarus, in the south is the border with Ukraine.

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St. Nicholas Church is a temple of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church. According to legend, Old Believers from Moscow and St. Petersburg, persecuted by the authorities, stopped in this place for the night, and in the morning they discovered the Hodegetria icon of the Most Holy Theotokos on a tree. Taking this as a good sign, the travelers decided to settle in these parts. They built a chapel, houses, and later a temple. Therefore, Novozybkovites believe that it was in this place that the city was founded. A wooden church with a 43-meter bell tower appeared here much later, in 1774. The uniqueness of the temple lies in the fact that it was built in the style of classicism, but not from stone, but from wood. The Nativity of St. Nicholas Church was included in Novozybkov’s tourist route. Not only regular parishioners come to the church; there are always many tourists here. Guests are interested in both the architectural monument and the traditions of our ancestors.

Fundraising for the construction of the Miracle St. Michael's Cathedral began in 1860 under the leadership of the merchant Mikhail Umanets. The funds collected were not enough, and the merchant’s family invested another 30 thousand rubles from their savings into the construction. In 1867 the temple was founded. It was consecrated even before all the work was completed in 1896, which continued for another 2 years. In 1937, the temple was closed, but during the Nazi occupation, it was reopened. In the 50s, the temple was restored, and in 1983 the cathedral was painted inside. in 1996, a Sunday school was opened in the church for children.

The Temple in the Name of the Holy Trinity appeared in Novozybkov following the construction of the Miracle St. Michael's Cathedral. In 1898. The idea arose to build a second Orthodox church in the city. In 1901, work began on the design of a new building. The temple was founded in 1905. However, construction began only 2 years later. In 1909, the walls of the temple appeared. There was not enough money for further construction. Then Tsar Nicholas II donated a thousand rubles. Later, Arkady Vakulovsky-Doshchinsky added the same amount. And in the spring of 1914, the new church opened to parishioners. In 1937, the rector of the temple, Grigory Yezersky, was shot. During World War II, priest Athanasius served in the church. He was shot after Novozybkov was released. Then the temple was desecrated and destroyed. Later the building was converted into school workshops. In 2000, the temple was restored to its original form. And in 2013, the bells rang again in the bell tower.

The local history museum is located in the mansion of the manufacturer M. Volkov. Now the museum collections store more than 40 thousand different exhibits. Local residents provided great assistance in replenishing the museum’s collection.

Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral is an Old Believer church made of wood, founded in 1911. The construction was carried out with the money of Dmitry Kublitsky. The construction was carried out without a project by the entire Novozybkov Old Believer community. In 1914, the temple was opened to parishioners.

Historical and memorable places of the Bryansk region

The history of Novozybkov dates back to the 17th century, when the church reform of Patriarch Nikon caused the flight of schismatics from Moscow. Having settled in the Starodub forests during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich (1629-1676), they paid attention to the Zybkaya tract, not far from which the Iput River flowed, opening a river route to the south of Russia. Here in 1701 the Zybkaya . Scientists suggest that the name comes from the Old Russian zyb - “shaky place, swamp.” According to local historians, the settlement was founded on a place that was flooded during floods, and after it was moved to a new place, the name was preserved

In 1708, the residents of the Zybkoy settlement defeated a detachment of Swedes, and the prisoners were taken to Starodub to Peter I. For this feat, the tsar forgave the schismatic fugitives and, by decree, assigned to them the lands on which they settled.

Zybkaya was part of the Novomestsky district as a settlement until 1809, and after the settlement it was approved as a district town in the Chernigov province. The city began to be called New Zybkov. Soon its name began to be written together.

The nineteenth century was marked by the active development of Novozybkov. In the 60s In the 19th century, the only match production in Russia appeared here (the M. Volkov and Sons factory), and soon Novozybkovsky district became the center of the country's match industry. Also, by the end of the century, the city had a tannery, an oil press, a cooperage, a canvas factory, a cart factory, a rope factory, a vinegar factory, and spinning establishments. In the encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron, published in 1897, the district town of Novozybkov is reported: “There are 14,996 inhabitants. There are 1,811 houses, of which 119 are stone and 1,692 are wooden. Occupation: trading in cattle, hemp, beef lard and corned beef.” An important role in the development of the city was played by the construction of the Bryansk-Gomel railway in 1885, and then the laying of a railway track with a length of over 100 km in 1889. Between Novozybkov and Novgorod-Seversky. As a result, the shortest route to the industrial centers of both the west and south of Russia was opened.

As the 20th century began, the city continued to grow. On the eve of the First World War, 22,345 people already lived here. Novozybkov was also the administrative center of Russia. Four camps were subordinate to him, which included all the settlements of modern Novozybkovsky, Zlynkovsky, Klimovsky districts of the Bryansk region.

Until 1919, Novozybkovsky district belonged to the Chernigov province. Since 1919 it has been part of the Gomel province. The latter was reorganized in 1925 and the city and the surrounding villages became part of the Bryansk province.

In 1925, the Western Region was created with its center in the city of Smolensk and the Novozybkovsky district was annexed to it. 1937-1944 - the time when the Novozybkovsky district was located within the Oryol region. Since 1944 - part of the Bryansk region.

On April 26, 1986, an accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the city found itself in a zone of radiation contamination with radiation exceeding 17 curies per square meter. km. A radiation laboratory has been created in the city, at the sanitary and epidemiological center; branches of Moscow and St. Petersburg institutes of radiology, scientists from Germany, England, France and the USA conduct their observations in Novozybkov.

In modern Novozybkov, a machine tool factory, a sewing and sewing and knitting factory, a meat and poultry plant, and a creamery were built. Near the city there is an agricultural experimental station, founded in 1916 and known for the development of high-yielding varieties of lupine. 1994 data was 42,125 people.

Novozybkov is one of the modern centers of the Old Believers (the Archdiocese of Old Orthodox Christians operates in the city). Since 1993, it has been included in the list of historical cities of Russia.

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