People's encyclopedia "My City". Kalininsk (Saratov region)

You can see more about the districts of the Saratov region here.

The regional center Kalininsk is located in the far west of the Saratov region. It stands on the Balanda River, a tributary of the Medveditsa. It is separated from the regional center by 120 km, communication occurs by rail, and the Kalininsk-Saratovsky station is located here.

Also in the city there is a large junction of regional and federal (M6) highways leading to Balashov and Saratov. From the bus station, buses run to Saratov and to surrounding towns and villages.

About the city of Kalininsk

The history of Kalininsk dates back to the early stage of the development of the Saratov region by the Cossacks. When talking about the city, one cannot help but mention the name of the river on which it is located.

The emphasis in the word Balanda is placed on the last syllable, and it comes, as historians suggest, on behalf of the Cossack chieftain, who founded the first settlement here - a yurt.

It was first mentioned in scribe books in 1622, where it is indicated that beekeepers go to hunt from the Balandinsky yurt, collecting honey from wild bees. There is a second version, in the Vyatka dialect there is a verb “balandat”, meaning “to splash in the river”.

Balanda is a small river, predominantly snow-fed, and such a designation could have been applied to it in the old days.

For the first time in the chronicles, yurts appear during the time of Ivan the Terrible; it is mentioned that Turkic tribes lived here. Soon after, Cossacks settled on the forested banks of the river, and then peasant migrants from central Russia began to arrive, hoping to find fertile, uncultivated land here.

It is interesting that the Medveditsa River, whose tributary is the Balanda, is even mentioned in the materials of the negotiations on the annexation of Little Russia to Russia, held in 1652.

And in 1680, in those places where the Kharkov and Chernigov provinces were later created, Little Russian settlers arrived. Yurt turned into the village of Balanda. A little earlier than 1797, these lands were granted to Count Sheremetyev.

After the peasant reform was carried out, the village began to develop rapidly. By 1895, at the time of construction of the Bokovoy station, a branch of the Ryazan-Ural Railway, more than 10 thousand people lived here, peasants, merchants and townspeople, and up to 80 industrial and trading establishments operated. The parochial school began teaching children earlier, in 1878.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, 15,841 people already lived here. By this time, Balanda from the village became a volost. During that period, active construction was underway, 4 churches, a distillery of Count Sheremetyev, a gymnasium, and a vocational school appeared.

In 1903, the then Saratov governor Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin visited the settlement.

After the revolution, the development of Balanda continues. It was visited by M.I. Kalinin in 1919, and in 1939 it became a workers’ settlement.

A gutta-percha production plant and a motor transport enterprise are being built here. In 1962, the village became the city of Kalininsk, named after M.I. Kalinin.

Population of Kalininsk

As of 2018, just over 15 thousand people lived in Kalininsk . In 2000, the population reached 20 thousand, but the outflow of young people to large cities affected the dynamics of the growth of residents.

Now it ranks 764 out of 1113 cities in Russia. Previously, in 1939, the city was home to 60% Russians and 40% Ukrainians; now the national composition has become more homogeneous. A small Tatar community lives in Kalininsk.

The city has a chemical plant producing gutta-percha, previously evacuated from Ukraine in 1942, Rastkauchuk, a paint and varnish plant, a meat processing plant, and a cannery.

City dwellers also find work in agriculture. More than 20 agricultural enterprises and almost 200 peasant farms are actively operating in the region. You can purchase products at the collective farm market. More than 350 enterprises provide trade services to city residents.

The city in the old part is built up mainly with private brick houses, both Soviet and modern built. But in the new one you can see both panel multi-storey buildings and modern new buildings. There is a small road bridge across the river.

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Education and culture of Kalininsk

General education schools, of which 24 have already been opened, and 19 kindergartens are responsible for education in the city. There is a technical school that trains personnel for agricultural production, and a branch of the Modern Humanitarian Academy has been opened.

The cultural development of children is ensured by art and music schools. You can play sports at the Start stadium; the children's and youth sports school teaches in several disciplines. Ski competitions in winter are held at Popova Shishka.

There is a city local history museum, where exhibitions will tell about the history of Balanda and the already established traditions of Kalininsk.

Earlier, in the 6th-7th centuries, Scythians, Sarmatians and Cimmerians lived near the Medveditsa River; some of the collections will allow us to learn more about their history. It is located on the first floor of an apartment building.

Cultural events, for example, tours of visiting celebrities, are organized at the Pobeda cinema.

Kalinin residents learn about the news from the newspaper “People's Tribune”, which has been published under different names since 1929. Its online version covers all significant events of the city and region.

Industry

(diversified chemical industry enterprise)
Paintwork
Brewery
Meat processing plant "Ramfood"

Newspapers

[moyaokruga.ru/tribuna-kalininsk/ “People's Tribune”] socio-political newspaper. Municipal newspaper of the municipal unitary enterprise.
“Novoye Vremya Kalininsk” newspaper of advertising and announcements, private individual entrepreneur.

Radio

Wired broadcasting /operator-VolgaTeleCom/ *Rostelecom
Radio Russia
radio station broadcasts on the 1st MF button, the
Mayak
on the 2nd MF button, the 3rd MF button does not work) daily from 6:00 to 24:00 break from 14:00 to 15:00, regional broadcast
of State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company SARATOV “Radio Russia-SARATOV”
Mon-Fri 6:10, 7:10, 10:10, 13:10, 18:10 Sat.
10:10, Sun 12:10, local radio broadcasting of the district studio “Kalininsk Speaks”
14:00, 19:00 - district radio broadcasting stopped broadcasting in October 2004.
On-air radio broadcasting Channel One
(ORT) - sound / operator ORTPTS Saratov RTRPTs / 91.7 MHz fm
Avtoradio-Kalininsk
/ operator MEDIA-INFORM LLC / 105.0 MHz fm

see article Radio stations of the Saratov region

A television

Television in the city of Kalininsk, Saratov region is presented as follows: according to data for 2006-2013. Terrestrial (analog) official channels.

First channel (ORT)
91.7 MHz. -federal broadcasting
Russia 1 (RTR) State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Saratov
/ Russia 1-Saratov / 223 MHz - federal with regional inserts
NtV
631 MHz - federal broadcasting
TVC
591 MHz - federal broadcasting (TVC-SARATOV regional insert)
St. Petersburg Channel 5
710 MHz - federal broadcasting
Ren Kalininsk
775.25 MHz - federal broadcasting with city (Kalinin) inserts (stopped broadcasting on February 24, 2016)

There is no local television (municipal), private - REN TV KALININSK (chat is available, contextual advertising is) 1 multiplex 10 channels 3 radio stations.

There is a cable network of more than 30 channels.

There is IPTV Television 100 channels operator VolgateleCom.

Interesting fact about TV in the city of Kalininsk:

from 1993 to 2001, only 2 channels were broadcast: ORT and RTR + Saratov; from 2001 to 2003, 2 official channels (ORT and RTR) were broadcast around the clock, and 2 pirate channels (NTV and TNT). These channels were turned on from 17:50 to 02:00. NTV had Kalinin advertising, Sports and Cultural reports. In 2004, from 12:00 to 17:00 they turned on another TV3 channel (pirate).

Streets and sights of Kalininsk

The city, like many fortified places, was built from an elevated place on the river bank. It was called a town. Now it is the territory of the former Gorodok that has become the center of modern Kalininsk.

Among the most interesting sights of Kalininsk one could name the estate of Count Sheremetyev, but it is in complete desolation. Previously, it was a monument of history and landscape architecture, located on a high point in the city, “Popovaya Shishka”.

A park was laid out around the building with columns. Now only the servants' houses where the townspeople live are well preserved and are being renovated. There is also a recently built mosque in the city.

The wooden building is painted blue and decorated with carved wooden frames, which combine Eastern and Russian carving styles. The presence of three cemeteries – Russian, Ukrainian, Tatar – is also considered a unique attraction. Both Russians and Ukrainians strictly adhere to their cemeteries.

Now the monument to M.I. Kalinin has become the compositional center of the city. It is installed on the square where in the 1919 century the All-Union headman spoke to the Red Army soldiers.

From the point of view of interesting architectural objects, you need to examine the mansions of the merchants Gannenkov, which house the buildings of the Pension Fund, and the merchant Kuznetsov (the communications center is located here).

It is also necessary to examine the Church of St. Olga Equal to the Apostles. The colorful brick building with five blue domes attracts attention from afar. It was erected to replace the destroyed revolutionary field in 1990, from the bricks of the Sheremetyev estate.

The former Buldychenko teahouse located on the river bank, where the local administration is now located, will attract attention. In the old part you can see many merchant mansions, which formerly housed shops and taverns; almost all the buildings are in good condition.

The city center is very well maintained, there are many flower beds and flower beds. In summer you can relax on the equipped beach located on the river bank.