Kamenny Brod (Samara region): description and history

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

Kamenny Brod is the name of a village located in the Krasnoarmeisky district of the Samara region. To be precise, there are two settlements with this name in the Samara region and they are located in different areas. The second village is located in the Chelno-Vershinsky district, which lies on the opposite side, on the border with the Republic of Tatarstan.

Krasnoarmeisky district, Kamenny Brod village

The origin of the name of the village is most likely connected with the river, which could be forded. In the Krasnoarmeisky district, its main water artery, which is called Bolshaya Vyazovka, flows. In the village of Kamenny Brod there is a small river Chapaevka.

It is located in the south-west of the Samara region, in the steppe Trans-Volga region. The climate here is sharply continental, with cold and windy winters and hot summers. Natural and climatic conditions contribute to the development of agriculture in these places and the breeding of beef and dairy cattle.

The village is located 37 kilometers from Samara, so there aregardening associations. Many city dwellers are buying up houses in the village for summer cottages. The composition of the population is diverse, the majority are Russians, Chuvashs, Mordovians, Kazakhs. Uzbeks, Azerbaijanis, Dagestanis and Tajiks have recently settled here.

History of the village Kamenny Brod

The village is small, but has ancient roots. The first mention of its inhabitants appeared in the parish records of books of 1832. At this time, the Church of Our Lady of Kazan was also built. All residents collected money for the construction. The village, together with the region and the district, has passed a difficult two-hundred-year path. Many of its inhabitants took part in the Great Patriotic War. Many of them died. Their fellow countrymen built the Victory Park, where the memorial is located.

In the 70s of the last century, there was a state farm named after Zhdanov, which was one of the first in the district and region. Until now, the banner of the state farm is kept in the museum of the village. There are also exhibits of ancient peasant life.

Village infrastructure

On the territory of Kamenny Brod (Samara) there is a kindergarten, an elementary school. High school students go to classes in Kolyvan on school buses. All houses in the village are gasified. There is a post office, a store. The center of historical modeling "Ancient World" has been opened in the village. Those wishing to visit this interactive object of educational tourism will be presented with copies of Stone Age dwellings, craft sites for the manufacture of pottery, tools made of metals, stone, and bronze. Everyone can participate in the process of their manufacture.

Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan

In the village of Kamenny Brod is the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, built over 180 years ago, in 1831. It could accommodate up to 1000 pilgrims. The church was the pride of the village, it was the only large church in the entire area.

In 1932 it was closed, after that it housed a club, a library with a reading room. Before the war, the bell tower and the dome were dismantled, and the church building was adapted for a granary. Wall paintings have been preserved in some places. Only in 1999 the building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. The temple has been restored and the exterior work has been completed, but the interior work continues.

Chelno-Vershinsky District

SP Kamenny Brod is the second village to bear this name. It is located in the north of the region, where the border with the Republic of Tatarstan passes. It is here that the Chelno-Vershinsky district is located, which includes the rural settlement of Kamenny Brod. It includes three villages, the settlement itself and the villages of Krasnaya Bagana and Novaya Tayaba.

The village has 1,000 inhabitants. It is located in a small area of the Samara region, which is called Chelno-Vershinskiy. There is a school, a kindergarten, a recreation center here. Kamenny Brod is fully gasified. The distance from Samara is 185 kilometers. The Chelna railway station is located on the territory of the district, from which you can get to Moscow, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnodar Territory, and almost to any region of Russia.

Location of Chelno-Vershinskydistrict

The district is located, and with it the village of Kamenny Brod, Samara Region, on the border of the Bugulmino-Belebeev Upland, in the High Trans-Volga region. The terrain here is hilly, cut by ravines and valleys. The climate is continental with sharp transitions from cold winters to hot summers. The territory is located in the agro-climatic zone, where there is increased moisture.

The fertile rich black earth soils, which occupy up to 90% of the entire arable land, are of great value. Both the climate and rich black soil contribute to high yields. Therefore, the main direction of the district in general and the joint venture Kamenny Brod in particular is agriculture, grain growing, meat and dairy farming.

Population and employment

The population here is predominantly Chuvash, who came here even before the revolution from Staraya Tayaba, Kazan province, and founded two villages - Novaya Tayaba and Kamenny Brod. Also live Russians, Tatars, Mordovians. The main employment of the population is the production and sale of agricultural products, dairy and meat animal husbandry. On the territory of the joint venture Kamenny Brod there is a breeding farm for breeding and raising pigs. There are several peasant farms here.

How many settlements with this name

The name Kamenny Brod is a bit unusual, and it was interesting to find out if there are settlements with such a beautiful name in other areas, because Kamenny Brod is not Ivanovka or Maryevka, of which there are many that have survived to this day. But as it turned out, this is not such a rare name. As we can see, onlyIn the Samara region, two settlements bear this name. There are villages with this name in the Penza and Volgograd regions. In the Rostov region there is a farm Kamenny Brod. Settlements with this name can be found in Belarus and Ukraine, for example, in the Lugansk region there is a settlement Kamenny Brod.

There are many villages and villages in Russia, located far from noisy cities, which have special sights, history, live their lives and at the same time are inextricably linked with the country. Many villages and villages have sunk into oblivion, leaving no trace behind. The number of the rural population is declining every year and will soon reach the level of 25% of the total population of the country. Maybe that is why it is so important to learn as much as possible about each settlement. Life does not stand still, the country's urbanization continues, although not at the same pace as in Soviet times.