If you carefully look at the map of the Saratov region, the village of Shiroky Karamysh can be seen on the right side of the river of the same name Karamysh, not far from the place where it flows into another river - the Medveditsa.
The village is the center of the Shirokokaramyshevsky settlement, which also includes villages with interesting names Barsuchy, Paris Commune and the village of Beloe Ozero. Refers to the Lysogorsky district.
Name
The exact meaning of the word "karamysh" is not known. Some scientists suggest the connection of the word with the Turkic languages, in which it means "to see the light or see the world." Others think that "karamysh" means "aged" in Turkic.
The first mention of this word in Russian chronicles dates back to 1410, Karamyshev was the name of a Novgorod boyar-merchant.
It is believed that the name Shiroky Karamysh comes from the name of the river on the banks of which the village was built. And the word "wide" refers to how the river overflows in the spring.
Historical facts
The village of Shiroky Karamysh dates back to 1723, but people settled in these places a very long time ago. Archaeologists have foundbarrows in which the Sarmatians buried their warriors - the barrows date back 2.5 thousand years. Household items, weapons owned by Slavic tribes were found in the vicinity.
Historians believe that the settlement arose in the 17th century, but had neither status nor even a name. The first mention of the village was recorded in the revision, which was carried out in 1743. At that time, the lands belonged to A. Naryshkin, and serfs lived in 127 households. After 20 years, the village has more than 300 households owned by N. Razumovskaya, and 12 households owned by K. Razumovsky.
As the village of Shiroky Karamysh was first mentioned in the documents of 1765, which means that a church appeared in the settlement. The village grew rich: by the 18th century, its own distillery, sheepfold, and school appeared.
Before the revolution of 1917, more than a thousand men and almost 1,300 women lived in 490 courtyards, a post office, a veterinary station, a paramedic's clinic, and a zemstvo school appeared. At that time, Shiroky Karamysh in the Saratov province belonged to Prince Kochubey. The peasants jointly owned 1,700 acres and rented another thousand acres, growing rye, wheat, millet, and oats. You can judge the we alth of the villagers by the fact that every household had a horse. Most of the inhabitants were Orthodox, but about 300 people belonged to the Old Believers and went to their church.
Prosperous Karamysh people did not immediately accept the revolution, at first resisting the surplus appraisal. But since 1929, collective farms have appeared in the village. Then one collective farm was formedstate farm.
During the Great Patriotic War, most of the male population went to the front, 202 people died.
Village today
Now the village of Shirokiy Karamysh, Lysogorsky district, Saratov region, is an active settlement with 1,545 inhabitants.
The village has a school and a kindergarten, as well as its own hospital, post offices and Sberbank, the House of Culture, shops, a canteen. There is even a permanent local history exhibition. All this is located on 17 streets.
Agricultural products grown by the villagers of Shirokiy Karamysh are sent to their own fruit and vegetable cannery. The plant was opened in 1963, because carrots and pumpkins grew richly and bore fruit in the gardens of the Karamyshevs, apple orchards gave a good harvest. In addition, there was an artesian spring right in the village. All this became the components of the successful operation of the plant, which still produces competitive quality products.
Geographic location
The village of Shirokiy Karamysh (Saratov region) is located 68 km from Saratov, the center of the region.
The eastern part of the village is limited by the Karamysh River, in the south, in the floodplain of the Medveditsa and Karamysh rivers, there are swampy forests, and in the north-eastern side, the village is limited by the dense deciduous forest Chunak. The villages of Parizhskaya Kommuna and Barsuchy, which are part of the settlement, are 4 km from the center of Karamysh, and 11 km from the village of Beloe Ozero. The height of the village above sea level is 131 m.
Nearby is the village of MalyKaramysh.
Attractions
In the village of Shirokiy Karamysh, the most interesting thing for a traveler is the House of Culture. Once it was the Zemstvo Church of the Archangel Michael, built at the expense of Prince Kochubey. It is dated 1826. In the Soviet years, the dome was removed from the building, the bell tower was destroyed, but on the whole the building was perfectly preserved.
It was this unique building that became the location for the filming of the film "Bread is a noun", the plot was the stories of the Saratov writer M. Alekseev.
There is a monument to V. Lenin in the village, residents pay special attention to the monument to those who died during the Great Patriotic and Civil Wars.
Not far from the village of wide Karamysh is the forest reserve Chunaki and White Lake - a natural monument.
How to get there
The village of Shirokiy Karamysh can be reached by two roads from Saratov.
If you go along the R-22 highway, then you need to turn onto Staraya Krasavka or Dvoenka, through these settlements you can get to the village along asph alt local roads. The distance is short - 28-30 km.
You can choose the R-228 highway and turn right near the village and Ivanovskaya railway station.
There are regular buses to Shiroky Karamysh from the district and regional centers.