The population of the Voronezh region has reached a historical minimum since the times of new Russia

City in Novosibirsk region, Russia

For information about other places with the same name, see Bolotny.

City in Novosibirsk region, Russia

Bolotnoe

(Russian: Bolotnoye, lit.
swampy
) is a town and the administrative center of Bolotninsky District in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located 126 km northeast of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the region. Population: 16,570 (2010 Census);[4]18,170 (2002 Census);[10]20,006 (1989 Census).[11]

The smallest cities of the Novosibirsk region

There are only 14 cities in the Novosibirsk region, so most of them fall into the top 10 small ones in terms of population and territory. There is only one million population - the capital Novosibirsk with a population of 1,612,833 and a territory of 505.62 km². Moreover, it is the third largest city in Russia.

It is even more surprising that in addition to it, there is only one settlement in the region where the number of residents exceeds 100,000. We are talking about Berdsk, where almost 16 times fewer residents live - 103,290. At the same time, it is in seventh place from the bottom in size, which makes it both small and large at the same time.

An even more unusual story is about the small town of Chulym. Surprisingly, in terms of territory size it is closest to Novosibirsk with an indicator of 203 km². However, only 11,270 people live here, which puts it in second place on the list of settlements with the minimum number of citizens. Another large settlement is Kuibyshev with an area of ​​109.73 km². For other cities this figure does not exceed 81 km².

Top 10 smallest cities in the Novosibirsk region by size (value in km²):

1. Cherepanovo - 20.
2. Ob - 21.95.
3. Iskitim - 29.9.
4. Kupino - 32.
5. Karasuk - 35.76.
6. Bolotnoye - 59.
7. Berdsk - 67.
8. Barabinsk - 69.48.
9. Kargath - 69.
10. Tatarsk - 80.

Rating of cities with the smallest population:

1. Kargat - 9,516.
2. Chulym - 11,270.
3. Kupino - 13,781.
4. Bolotnoye - 15,626.
5. Cherepanovo - 19,612.
6. Toguchin - 21,159.
7. Tatarsk - 23,956.
8. Karasuk - 27,196.
9. Barabinsk - 29,122.
10. Ob - 29,194.

Bolotnoe

(Novosibirsk region)

OKATO code:
50206501
Founded:
1805
Urban settlement since:
1931
City since:
1943 City of district subordination (Bolotninsky district, Novosibirsk region)
Center:
Bolotninsky district
Telephone code (reference phone)

Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
4
Geographic latitude:
55°40′
Geographic longitude:
84°24′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
190 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Bolotnoye

Cherepanovo is the leader of the rating

The smallest town is Cherepanovo, located 73 km from Novosibirsk. Its size is only 20 km², but in terms of population it ranks fifth on the list: 19,612 people live here, 10,000 more than in Kargat, a town with the smallest number of inhabitants.

Cherepanovo was founded in 1912 as a temporary settlement: settlers spent the winter here. Three years later, a railway station opens next to it, giving impetus to development. By 1921 it had grown and received city status, and today it occupies the position of a regional center.

Despite its modest size, industry is quite well developed, which allows it to keep a significant part of local residents from moving: despite the trend of urbanization and growth of megacities, since 1999 the number of citizens has decreased by only 3,500. Among the important enterprises it is worth noting:

• brewery;
• meat processing plant;
• garment factory;
• plant for the production of building materials.

Map

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

a brief description of

Located in the southeast of the West Siberian Plain, 126 km northeast of Novosibirsk.

Railway station.

Territory (sq. km): 73

Information about the city of Bolotnoye on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

Founded in 1805 as the village of Bolotnoye near the Siberian Highway, from which the road to Barnaul branched off here. Named for its proximity to the swamp.

Workers' settlement since May 10, 1931. City since 1943.

Economy

Enterprises of railway transport and food industry. Garment factory. Production of building materials.

Museums, galleries, exhibition halls

Bolotninsky District Museum of History and Local Lore 633344, Novosibirsk region, Bolotninsky district, Bolotnoye, st. Zababonova, 1a Phone(s): (38349) 25-053

Ob is a small suburb of the capital

The small town of Ob is located just 5 km from Novosibirsk, thanks to which it is part of the capital’s agglomeration. This determines the high population - 29,194, which puts Ob in fifth place among the largest settlements in terms of this parameter. The Ob settlement arose in 1934 and initially played the role of a railway station on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The station was located near the village of Tolmachevo. During the war, aviation units were based nearby, and later an airport of the same name appeared. Today the air harbor is a city-forming enterprise, and a significant part of the residents work or study in the capital. From 2011 to 2022, the number of city residents increased by almost 4,000 and continues the positive trend. This is due to its suburban status: the area is dynamically built up with modern houses, and good transport infrastructure provides the ability to quickly get to the center.

The population of the Voronezh region has reached a historical minimum since the times of new Russia

On February 7, Voronezhstat published preliminary data on the population in our region as of January 1, 2022.

According to the department, as of this date the population of the Voronezh region amounted to 2 million 285 thousand people.

This is the lowest figure in the history of modern Russia.
In 2022 alone, compared to the previous year, the region’s population (as of January 1) decreased by 20 thousand people.
These figures are confirmed by another government source - the Department of Economic Development. He also recently published data on the population of the region as of January 1, 2022: both according to the conservative and baseline scenarios, it amounted to the same 2 million 285 thousand people.

Voronezhstat data from February 7, 2022

According to earlier data from this department, the population of the Voronezh region as of January 1, 2022 (that is, in 2020) was 2 million 305 thousand people. And as of January 1, 2022, 2 million 323 thousand people lived in the region.

Voronezhstat data

Thus, over the two Covid years,
the population of the region decreased by 38 thousand people.
And this takes into account the thousands of migrants from Russian regions and foreign countries who came to us in 2020-2021. Human losses in two years of 38 thousand citizens is the population of the entire Anninsky district or more than the city of Novovoronezh.

Such a sharp decline in population did not fit into the regional law “On the strategy for the socio-economic development of the Voronezh region for the period until 2035.” Even according to the conservative development of the scenario, the population of the region in 2024 should have been 2 million 296 thousand people. The current results exceeded even the conservative forecast of the regional government and the law of the regional Duma deputies.

screenshot of the law “On the strategy for socio-economic development of the Voronezh region for the period until 2035”

Unfortunately, this “deadly trend” will not be reduced in the coming years. Even according to the government of the Voronezh region, its department of economic development, the population of the region according to the base scenario is projected to be 2 million 262 thousand people on January 1, 2024.

That is, according to the basic scenario of the DER, during the five-year governorship of Alexander Gusev, the number of his “subjects” will decrease by 65 thousand people, and according to the conservative scenario, even more - by 73 thousand people.

screenshot of the regional DER website

At the same time, the head of the region, Gusev, at a January meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Government, Mikhail Mishustin, stated that the Voronezh region had reached the pre-pandemic level of development. But what kind of development can this be if in just one year the population of the region has decreased by 20 thousand people?

To be fair, it should be said: this trend in our region has been observed at least since 1995: then people lived in it

according to Voronezhstat,
almost 2 million 507 thousand people.

has decreased by 221 thousand people
over a quarter of a century, or rather over 26 years .

Moreover, the main losses among the population occurred during the reign of the United Russia party. According to Voronezhstat, since 2001, when the region was ruled by United Russia members, the population of our region has decreased by 137 thousand people, from 2 million 422 thousand to 2 million 285 thousand.

Voronezhstat data

And the rural population of the Voronezh Territory has decreased by more than 200 thousand people over 20 years! This is happening even though, as the regional government noted on February 7, our region is among the leaders in the volume of federal funds raised for the state program for the integrated development of territories, and the local agro-industrial complex received about 10 billion rubles for its development in 2021.

However, even such measures of state support do not really help the Voronezh village

,
it is simply dying out
, as is the urban population.
Let us remind you that in 2022, a record number of deaths of citizens was registered in our region - 46 thousand 540 deaths and the lowest birth rate in the last 20 years. It is obvious that with such demographic data about any
socio-economic
development
of the Voronezh region.

Vladimir Danshin
News on Notepad-Voronezh

Iskitim - small, but with an interesting history

In third position on the list of small towns is Iskitim, formed immediately after the revolution, but the history of the settlement goes much deeper into the past. The greatest controversy is caused by the name of the settlement, presumably derived from the word “askishtim”, which came from the Teleut language and means “pit”.

Small villages in the immediate vicinity of modern Iskitim already existed in the 17th and 18th centuries. However, formally its formation is associated with the appearance of a railway station of the same name on a branch of the Altai Railway. In the early thirties, a cement plant was built as rich deposits of shale and limestone were discovered in the surrounding area. In 1933, by merging villages that existed in the 17th and 18th centuries, a workers’ settlement was formed, and five years later it was given city status. According to data for 2022, Iskitim ranks third in the ranking of settlements with the maximum number of citizens: 57,032 registered.

The deposits found during the Soviet years have not been depleted to this day, so the Iskitimsky district is one of the most important industrial zones of the region. Thanks to the depths of the earth, the main specialization of local enterprises is the production of building materials: cement, asphalt and stone. There are also enterprises producing sandwich panels, artificial fiber and reinforced concrete products, as well as a number of food industry companies.

Where to visit Bolotnoye in summer: the best places for recreation and fishing

Gorsayt continues a series of useful articles about where and for how long you can relax without leaving our region. How to get there, what to see and how much to pay for housing - Gorsayt will tell you all the most useful things

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We have already written about the best places to relax in the Ordynsky, Maslyaninsky, Kolyvansky and Toguchinsky districts. Today - the best vacation spots in the Bolotninsky district.

All tourists visiting the Bolotninsky district should first of all visit the church in the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Turnaevo. This monument of wooden architecture of the early 20th century was built without a single nail and is the pride of not only the Boloninsky region, but also the whole of Siberia.

There are many lakes and rivers in the region, which contain a huge amount of fish: perch, ide, roach, pike, dace, gudgeon, crucian carp.

Therefore, a holiday in the Bolotninsky district is good for real men - avid hunters, fishermen and nature lovers.

How to get there

From the Novosibirsk - Main railway station by electric train, from the city bus stations and the Rechnoy Vokzal bus station. You can find out the transport schedule on the website: nskavtovokzal.ru; by phone.

Where to stay

In Bolotnoye, as in many regional centers of the Novosibirsk region, state hotels have closed.

In private hotels, a single room costs 1,500 rubles per person per day, a double room costs 2,000 rubles. As Bolotninsky residents explained, the “Nyam-Nyam” cafe, dumpling shops and other catering outlets are open here until 18.00. The only 24-hour cafe in the city, Prival, is located near the station. Delivery of dishes from the cafe is carried out to any point in Bolotny, in the center - free of charge. The prices are not bad at all. For example, for Greek salad, solyanka, mashed potatoes and cutlets you will need to pay only 390 rubles.

Fishing lovers can stay at the “Fisherman's Yard”, located in the village of Kamen on the banks of the Ob River, 100 kilometers from the center of Novosibirsk.

On the territory of the base there are: guest houses, a bathhouse, a kitchen, a guarded parking lot, a gazebo with barbecues, and equipped places for cutting and cleaning fish.

The cost of a bed in a common house, where there is a refrigerator and a kitchen, is 500 rubles per person, a separate house is 1000 rubles.

The owners of the “Fisherman’s House” noted that it is too early to fish for predators (perch, pike). Nowadays a good bite comes only from whitefish (ide, bream, chebak). The real fishing, they say, will begin in about 10 days.

Margarita SMIRNOVA, photo fisherman's yard.rf, gallery.ru

Kupino - on the outskirts of the region

Kupino, occupying 32 km², is one of the most remote from Novosibirsk: it is located 460 km to the southwest, almost at the borders of Kazakhstani territory. It is not surprising that before the period of active development of Siberia, the bulk of the population, along with the Siberian Tatars, were Kazakhs.

The settlers who came here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries founded about 60 villages, among which was Kupino. Its development was facilitated by the appearance of the railway, after which a fish factory and food processing plant opened.