Rest in Kropotkin. Krasnodar region
Kropotkin is a small town in the Krasnodar Territory, located on the banks of the Kuban River, 145 kilometers from the regional center. The area of the settlement is 98.7 square kilometers.
General data and historical facts
At the end of the 18th century, on the site of the modern city, security post No. 1 at Burnt Oak was located.
In 1879, the Romanovsky farm was founded as part of the Kavkazskaya village. In the second half of the 19th century, the Kavkazskaya station of the Vladikavkaz Railway was built in the farmstead.
In 1874, the first train departed from Kavkazskaya station. In 1894, according to the census, there were about 1000 households in the settlement and more than 8 thousand people lived.
In 1901, another railway, Ekaterinodar - Stavropol, was built through Romanovsky.
In 1905, there were more than 1,600 households in the farmstead and almost 20 thousand people lived. At the same time, a new railway station, a library, two gymnasiums, a railway workers' club, a power plant, a railway school and a water supply system were opened. Before the revolution, 38 enterprises, a first-class station, a fire station and an elevator operated in Romanovsky.
At the beginning of 1921, the settlement was transformed into a city with the name Kropotkin. In 1924, the city became the administrative center of the newly formed Kropotkinsky district.
In 1934, the city was included in the Azov-Black Sea region.
From August 1942 to January 1943, Kropotkin was under occupation by the Nazi invaders.
At the end of 1943, the settlement received the status of a city of regional subordination.
In 1950, on the site of a former furniture factory, a hydrolysis plant was founded, which in 1965 received the name Kropotkin Chemical Plant.
In 1971, construction began on the Kropotkin Experimental Machine-Building Plant, which produced equipment for the oil and gas industry.
In the summer of 2008, the city was included in the Kavkazsky district municipality with the status of a Kropotkinsk urban settlement.
The telephone code of Kropotkin is 86138. Postal code is 352177.
Climate and weather
A mild continental climate prevails in Kropotkin. Winters are mild and short. The average temperature in January is +0.5 degrees.
Summer is long and hot. The average temperature in July is +24.3 degrees. The average annual precipitation is 740 mm.
Total population of Kropotkin for 2018-2019
Population data was obtained from the State Statistics Service. Graph of changes in the number of citizens over the past 10 years.
The total number of residents for 2018 is 78.6 thousand people.
The data from the graph shows a slight drop in population from 80,000 people in 2007 to 78,631 people in 2018.
As of January 2018, in terms of the number of residents, Kropotkin ranked 210th out of 1,113 cities in the Russian Federation.
Attractions
1.Church of the Life-Giving Trinity- the institution was founded in May 1970. The museum's collections contain various coins, photographs, documents, books, household items and weapons of the Cossacks.
2.Memorial complex of the Great Patriotic War- the monument was erected in 1975. The memorial is made in the form of an eternal flame and a memorial plate with the names of the city residents.
3.Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary- The Orthodox church was built in 1913. During wartime it was used as a bomb shelter.
Transport
In Kropotkin there is the Kavkazskaya railway station, which connects the city with Gulkevichi, Novokubansk, Tikhoretsk, Ust-Labinsk, Armavir, Krasnodar, Novoaleksandrovsk.
Intracity transport is represented by 16 bus routes and minibuses.
From the city bus station there are regular bus routes to Anapa, Armavir, Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz,
) OKATO code: 03414
Founded: 1879
City from: 1921 City of regional subordination (Caucasian district of Krasnodar Territory)
Center: Kavkazsky district Deviation from Moscow time, hours: 0
Geographic latitude: 45°26"
Geographical longitude: 40°34"
Altitude above sea level, meters: 80
Sunrise and sunset times in Kropotkin
Map
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| Kropotkin. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. By hyperlink in the column distance you can get the route (information kindly provided by the AutoTransInfo website) |
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| 1 | Krasnoselsky | 5 () | SE |
| 2 | Novoukrainskoe | 6 () | SW |
| 3 | Caucasian | 7 (10) | IN |
| 4 | Giray | 8 (24) | IN |
| 5 | Kazanskaya | 10 (11) | Z |
| 6 | 11 (19) | SE | |
| 7 | Temizhbek | 20 () | IN |
| 8 | Tbilisskaya | 29 (33) | Z |
| 9 | Arkhangelskaya | 34 () | NW |
| 10 | Petropavlovskaya | 39 () | Yu |
| 11 | Rashevatskaya (Stavropol Territory) | 39 () | NE |
| 12 | Grigoropolisskaya (Stavropol Territory) | 40 (51) | IN |
| 13 | Temirgoevskaya | 41 () | SW |
| 14 | Mikhailovskaya | 48 () | Yu |
| 15 | Ternovskaya | 48 (67) | WITH |
| 16 | Ladoga | 51 (57) | Z |
| 17 | Khakurinokhabl (Republic of Adygea) | 52 () | SW |
| 18 | 52 (58) | SE | |
| 19 | 52 (58) | IN | |
| 20 | Novomalorossiyskaya | 56 () | NW |
| 21 | 58 (56) | NW | |
| 22 | Novopokrovskaya | 58 (72) | WITH |
| 23 | Koshekhabl (Republic of Adygea) | 59 (108) | Yu |
| 24 | 61 (100) | Yu | |
| 25 | Fastovetskaya | 62 () | NW |
| 26 | Dvubratsky | 63 () | Z |
| 27 | Dondukovskaya (Republic of Adygea) | 63 (127) | Yu |
| 28 | Kalnibolotskaya | 64 () | WITH |
| 29 | 64 (74) | SE | |
| 30 | Old Stanitsa | 65 () | SE |
Brief description
Located on the Kuban-Azov lowland, on the right bank of the river. Kuban, 136 km northwest of Krasnodar. Railway junction lines (Kavkazskaya station) and highways.
Territory (sq. km): 99
Information about the city of Kropotkin on the Russian Wikipedia site
Historical sketch
At the end of the 18th century. 5 versts west of the Caucasian fortress on the right bank of the Kuban River, a small military settlement was formed - a permanent observation post for the Circassians living on the left bank of the Kuban and the ford across the river. At first this picket was called “Post at the Burnt Oak”, and in 1813 in the documents of the Caucasian Regiment this settlement was already referred to as “Romanovsky Post” (the service at the post was carried out by Don Cossacks from the village of Romanovskaya of the 1st Don District of the Don Army region). Near the fortress in 1794 the village of Kavkazskaya was formed.
After the abolition of the Caucasian fortress in the mid-19th century, in 1879, the small farm of Romanovsky was formed on the site of the post, named after the previously existing military post of Romanovsky. Summer Cossack camps were organized here; Along the right bank of the Kuban, the Stavropol Highway ran, connecting the capital of the Caucasian governorship, Stavropol, with the main city of the Kuban region, Ekaterinodar.
At the end of the 19th century. transport, then trade and transport hub.
On February 4, 1921, the Romanovsky farm was transformed into a city and renamed Kropotkin after the name of the anarchist theorist and geographer Prince P.A. Kropotkin (1842-1921).
During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, it was occupied by Nazi troops on August 4, 1942. It was liberated on January 28, 1943 by troops of the North Caucasus Front during the North Caucasus Operation.
Economy
Kropotkin is one of the centers of the food industry in the Krasnodar region.
Factories: oil extraction, canning, dairy, brewery, meat processing plant, bakery.
Chemical plant. Factory of household chemicals. Factories: reinforced concrete products, Elevatormelmash, woodworking machines. PA "Kubanvodremmash" and others.
Main enterprises
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
JSC "Kropotkin Chemical Plant"352130, Krasnodar region, Caucasus district, Kropotkin, st. Zavodskaya, 6
Offers: Furfural
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
JSC "Experimental Machine-Building Plant"352130, Krasnodar region, Caucasus district, Kropotkin, Western industrial zone, post office box 46
Offers: Equipment for cleaning and insulating pipelines
Universities of the city
Karachay-Cherkess State University named after. U.D. Aliyeva (Kropotkin branch)352392, Krasnodar region, Caucasus district, Kropotkin, Krasnoarmeyskaya st., 53/2
Kuban Institute of International Entrepreneurship and Management (Kropotkin branch)
352380, Krasnodar region, Caucasus district, Kropotkin, Krasnoarmeyskaya, 53
WWW: http://www.kimpim.ru/
Outside the Krasnodar Territory, few residents of Russia will be able to answer the question of where the city of Kropotkin is located unless you mention the name of the Kavkazskaya railway station, which gave life to the city.
We begin an amazing journey into the history of our city. The word history itself comes from the Greek word - a story about the past, about what has been learned.
Every person has a small homeland, a place where he was born and raised. For residents of the city of Kropotkin, this is a corner on the map that occupies a very small area. Those who were born in this city and grew up in it, or lived for at least two or three weeks in the spring or summer, will always be drawn and attracted to this special city.
History and geographical location of the city of Kropotkin.
Kropotkin is one of the greenest and most comfortable cities in Kuban. In terms of green space, it takes an honorable second place after Anapa. Kropotkin freely spread out among the steppes of the Kuban-Azov lowland and settled on the right bank of the Kuban River. The city geographically belongs to the Caucasus region of the Krasnodar Territory. Kropotkin is a quiet, beautiful city with a rich and distinctive history and many archaeological sites.
The city of Kropotkin is located at 40 degrees 29 minutes east longitude and 45 degrees 22 minutes north latitude, at an altitude of 120-135 meters above sea level, 140 km east of the city of Krasnodar. The territory of the city as of January 1, 1997 was 85.2 square meters. km. Over the past 20 years it has grown by 1.4 square meters. km, which indicates the compactness of the city. In terms of population density – 967.1 people/sq. km - it is second only to Tuapse and Tikhoretsk. The compactness of the territory is one of the advantages of Kropotkin. The city is located at the intersection of important railway and highway routes, providing it with important and economic connections, and its position in the center of a densely populated group of rural areas contributed to the formation around it of a small agglomeration of large villages (Kavkazskaya, Novoukrainskaya, Krasnoselskaya, the Rogovicheskiy farm, the village of Milovanovo) and the city of Galkevichi . The nearest airport (transport) is in Armavir. The city is located on the large federal highway "Caucasus". The Rostov-Vladikavkaz, Rostov-Mineralnye Vody, Kavkazskaya-Stavropol-Elista, Krasnodar-Kavkazskaya-Adler lines pass through Kropotkin. The city is well landscaped. 70% of residential and industrial buildings in the city are one-story. 5-9 storey buildings are located in the central part of residential areas and on the outskirts. The city has a reserve territory of over 200 hectares for housing construction. Low-rise development of its northern part is planned through the development of new lands. Construction in the center and southern part will continue to be carried out using old and dilapidated buildings.
Around Kropotkin along the banks of the steppe rivers Chelbas and Beysug there are extensive hunting grounds. During the hunting season, hunting of steppe game is allowed here: hare and fox. You can fish all year round in all bodies of water.
The fate of the city of Kropotkin is unusual for other settlements in Kuban. The history of its foundation is inextricably linked with the history of the Cossack cordon line and the activities of the great Russian commander A.V. Suvorov to strengthen it.
It has now been documented that the foundation of the city of Kropotkin dates back to 1778. This year, the commander of the Caucasian Corps, Lieutenant General A. V., Suvorov built the Caucasian fortress on the right bank of the Kuban, opposite the Romanovsky ford across the Kuban River (the area of the current Kropotkin cannery) and established a Cossack guard post, strengthening it with a small redoubt. The post was named “Romanovsky”, after the name of the ford. The fortress and guard post became part of the Kuban cordon line and reliably protected the southern border of the Russian state from raids by highlanders. In the history of the city of Kropotkin, it is noteworthy that on the basis of the guard post, as a result of long-term development, the city of Kropotkin, famous in the North Caucasus, grew up. After Romanovsky’s post was strengthened by Decree of Nicholas I, life in his place was not interrupted for a single day. Around the post, retired soldiers who had long since settled remained in their habitable places, they were joined by fugitive peasants from the central regions of Russia and the Don. There was a post office (1828). A wooden church was built between the Caucasian fortress and Forstadt in 1829, where those who lived in the fortress went to pray: soldiers and Cossacks serving at the Romanov post, Forstadt residents. After the abolition of the fortress, a couple of years later the church was sold. Developed and exported. The settlement became known as the Romanovsky farm. Retired soldiers did not want to leave the fertile Kuban region; they transported their families here. The government encouraged those who settled near fortresses, redoubts and other fortifications, gave them loans and exempted them from taxes.
The construction of the railway and the Kavkazskaya railway station gave a powerful impetus to the rapid growth of commercial and industrial enterprises, the population, and the acquisition of the characteristic features of the city by the village.
On February 4, 1921, the Romanovsky farm was renamed the city of Kropotkin, in honor of the outstanding naturalist and revolutionary anarchist Pyotr Alekseevich Kropotkin. And on December 6, 1943, it became a city of regional subordination.
Our city bears his name -
Kropotkin Pyotr Alekseevich
(1842 – 1921).
He was a famous Russian revolutionary, one of the theorists of anarchism, sociologist, geographer and geologist.
Born into the family of a general from an ancient princely family, he was the king's page-chamber.
After graduating from the Corps of Pages, he served in the Amur Cossack Army, then as an official on special assignments under the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia.
For five years (excluding only a short period of business trip to St. Petersburg in 1864), P. A. Kropotkin tirelessly carried out comprehensive geographical studies of this vast, sparsely populated territory, practically unknown to science. Experiencing incredible difficulties, he explores the Oka River basin (Eastern Sayan Mountains) and the Patom Highlands. Sailing along the Songhua River within Manchuria, along the Amur, studying the life, economy, culture and socio-economic situation of peasants - voluntary migrants to the region, Cossack settlements of the Trans-Baikal Cossack army and small peoples of Eastern Siberia, acutely noticing the most significant features of nature and life for science , economy, culture, way of life.
In 1863 – 1864 P. A. Kropotkin explores the vast region of southern Transbaikalia and Northern Manchuria. In June 1864, together with the botanist and meteorologist Konrad, the astronomer Usoltsev, topographers Vasiliev and Andreev, under the guise of merchants, they explored the river valley. Sungari, they carry out visual surveys, give a description of the banks of the riverbed, and draw up a map from the mouth to the city of Girin.
In 1866, P. A. Kropotkin made his most significant journey - from the mouth of the RyuVitim to Chita, discovered the Vitim and Patom plateaus, several mountain ranges, and collected a large amount of geographical and geological material.
After retiring, he graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University and served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He continued his research experience gained in Siberia after his retirement. In 1871 he explored glacial landforms in Finland and Sweden. Based on the research materials, the work “Research on the Ice Age” was published, which received wide recognition and high praise from contemporaries.
P. A. Kropotkin spent over 40 years in exile, continuing his revolutionary activities, and in 1917 he returned to Russia.
The memory of P. A. Kropotkin is honored in our country. A city in the Krasnodar region, one of the mountain ranges and an urban village in the Irkutsk region, a street, square, embankment, and metro station in Moscow are named after him. Memorial plaques are installed in Moscow, on the house where he was born, and in the city of Dmitrov, on the house where he died.
Our city has been named after Pyotr Alekseevich Kropotkin since 1921. But much earlier, since 1905, the farm council made a decision to separate the Romanovsky farm from the Kavkazskaya station, then in 1906 to transform the farm into a city with simplified city government, later, in 1908, they returned to this issue, and under Soviet power - in 1920. Thus the delay continued regarding the separation of the Romanovsky farm into an independent administrative unit. And only on March 14, 1921, the Azov-Black Sea Regional Executive Committee adopted a resolution on the transformation of the Romanovsky farm into a city, naming it in honor of Pyotr Alekseevich Kropotkin, who had died by that time.
Kropotkin - industrial.
Kropotkin is a transport and industrial center located on convenient communication routes. The city's industry is represented by 21 large basic enterprises and almost twice as many small and new formations, specializing mainly in the production of consumer goods for the population.
The main industry is food. It accounts for 3/4 of industrial production and 1/3 of industrial personnel. The remaining share falls on mechanical engineering and metalworking. In third place is the chemical industry.
Kropotkin Experimental Machine-Building Plant (KREMZ).
KREMZ is one of the few industrial enterprises in the city that survived the shocks of “perestroika and democratization.” Nowadays, the plant operates rhythmically and, along with other enterprises, provides a sufficient amount of funds to the city budget, allowing its administration to eliminate the huge gaps in the social sphere formed due to social natural disasters.
Construction of KREMZ began in July 1971. The plant was intended for the production of special machines for the needs of the oil and gas industry.
The high professionalism of the plant's technical service made it possible to create and master the production of a large number of different types of machines.
Machine-building plant "Raduga"
No less indicative in this regard is the history of the Raduga machine-building plant, where more than 4 thousand citizens worked before the perestroika processes.
The plant was built for the XXVI Congress of the CPSU under a license from an American company. Every year increasing the rate of production.
Plant OJSC "Elevatormelmash"
The plant Elevatormelmash OJSC is also of no small importance for the city.
Before the start of the Great Patriotic War, transmission equipment was manufactured at the plant. Mechanisms and parts for technological equipment.
Since 1954, the plant began to produce car loaders and mobile 10-meter auger conveyors for loading new-design cars.
In 1958, centrifugal casting and pneumatic painting of products were introduced, and the area with electric steam and forklifts was mechanized. In recent years, a welding and assembly shop and a transport section have been built and reconstructed. At the plant, the management's constant focus is on taking care of the living conditions of workers and employees and organizing their rest. A factory club was built.
Currently, the plant is gradually emerging from the economic crisis. The number of employees and production volumes are growing.
Kropotkin chemical plant
It is in last place.
Construction of the plant began in 1950 on the site of a former furniture factory.
His birthday is considered to be March 13, 1965. On this day, the hydrolysis plant, which existed in the city for about 5 years, was renamed the Kropotkin Chemical Plant.
The Kropotkin Chemical Plant is the only enterprise in Russia that produced such types of products as tetrahydrofuran, furan, and polyfurite.
Kropotkin bakery
The Kropotkin bakery began named after S. M. Kirov and began with a private creamery on the territory of the current bakery.
Construction began in December 1937, and the plant began operating on February 28, 1935. The bakery supplies its products not only to the city, but also to the surrounding areas. In 1958-1960, a cracker shop for the production of army crackers was built and put into operation.
Currently, the bakery consists of a bakery shop, a confectionery shop, a bakery shop, and support services.
The productivity of the enterprise is 60 tons of bread per day. The bakery has mastered about 50 types of bakery products and pasta production.
Kropotkinsky Dairy Plant
The Kropotkin Dairy Plant also deserves a lot of attention. Today, when many processing enterprises are reducing production, OJSC Kropotkin Dairy Plant is increasing milk processing volumes and the range of products.
The plant is rightfully one of the largest stable, dynamically developing dairy plants in Kuban.
In Kropotkin, the oil extraction plant is one of the stable and reliable sources of replenishment of the city budget.
The plant is improving its technical and economic indicators month after month and is constructing new premises. The plant operates steadily and rhythmically.
Motorcade 1493
Motorcade 1493 is of no small importance. It is the main carrier of passengers in the city of Kropotkin and the Caucasus region, and provides benefits for free travel for citizens.
For high performance in fulfilling the FSUE passenger transportation plan. Motorcade 1493 was awarded the title of “Exemplary Column”.
Communication between generations of motorists who stood at the origins of the development of passenger transport in the city with those who work in the team today allows us to sacredly preserve work honor and achieve high results.
Locomotive Depot
In the second half of the 19th century, oil was discovered in the Kuban and construction began on a railway connecting Central Russia with the Caucasus. On June 18, 1874, the first train passed from the Kavkazskaya station to the Mirskaya station. This date is considered to be the day the locomotive depot was put into operation and the day the station was founded.
When your house is warm, water flows from the tap only when you open it, the lights don’t go out - you simply forget about those who provide you with this comfort. About people who carry a difficult watch, in heat and cold, on holidays and weekends. Kropotkin residents have no particular reason to be offended by one of the main city services - “Kropotkin Heat”. Kropotkin consistently ranks 5th in terms of quality of service to the population in the Krasnodar Territory.
Monuments of the city of Kropotkin
We walk around our hometown and have no idea that a few years ago there was nothing here except forests and that the city was called the Romanovsky farm.
Kropotkin is rich in its memorial and historical monuments. In the city there is a monument to the important world proletariat - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The people loved Vladimir Ilyich very much, so the news of his death swept the whole of Russia with a wave of grief. It has reached our city as well. In 1947, a monument to the leader was erected in the locomotive depot of the Kavkazskaya station, and in 1949 a monument to Lenin was erected on the territory of the Kropotkin oil extraction plant. There is another monument in our city, reminiscent of the turbulent times of the 20s. This is a monument to the “All-Union Elder” - the Chairman of the All-Russian Executive Committee, Mikhail Ivanovich Kolesnik. This man was an outstanding figure of the Communist Party and the Soviet state, a faithful teacher and comrade-in-arms of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. He was devoted to Russia, was a living reflection of the history of the era, and was a member of the “Union of Struggle for the Liberation of the Working Class.” In memory of him, a bronze sculpture was installed on the platform of the railway station of the Kavkazskaya station.
Flip through the history of Russia.
Read it year after year, year after year.
About courage, about bravery and strength
Its pages speak to the world.
In Kropotkin there are many monuments and mass graves of Soviet soldiers and officers, partisans and civilians of the city who died for the liberation of our Motherland from the fascist invaders. Kropotkin residents will never forget the defenders of the city. In memory of the fallen cadets and officers of the Uryupinsk Military Infantry School, a monument was created on the banks of the Kuban River, which reminds us of the events of distant August 1942. A memorial was erected in the old city cemetery in honor of the fallen partisans; they were buried here.
There is no house or hut in Russia,
No matter where I look at you from the wall
Soldiers with young eyes
An inspiring feat of war.
Here in the old cemetery, next to the graves of the partisans, there is also the grave of 36 pilots who died in the skies of the Kuban during the Great Patriotic War and were buried in 1941 - 1943.
In 1975, a memorial complex and park named after the 30th anniversary of the Victory were established. Now for many years on May 9, Victory Day, war veterans and city residents go to the monuments and graves of fallen heroes to honor their memory by laying flowers.
How many of them died
In the battles that died down,
How many of them did she take?
Irreversible war.
Quiet them to the headboard
Kneeling
At this hour all of Russia,
Our whole country!
There is another memorial, which is located in the city of Kropotkin on Komsomolskaya street, house number 253. There is still a neat house behind a low fence - two windows on the facade, and in the courtyard, among the flowers, there is an obelisk on which nine names of the victims are carved .
In this house lived a Russian woman, Baba Valya, as she was called.
On January 29, 1943, a group of our soldiers stopped in the yard of Valentina Vasilievna Zyryanova. Our soldiers gathered at the camp kitchen and gathered to clean the machine guns so that in a couple of days they could drive the Germans further. And then planes appeared over the city, and one plane dropped a bomb right into Baba Valya’s yard. Nine people died that night, and now a mass grave of the Guards Rifle Brigade stands on this site.
The year 1999 was marked for us with a solemn date - the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. The poet's entire life was filled with voluntary and involuntary travel, the significance of which for creativity is extremely great. Alexander Sergeevich traveled through our Kuban places more than once.
Alexander Sergeevich’s Caucasian impressions often served as themes for the creation of poetic works.
In August 1820, Pushkin and Raevsky set off along the Stavropol Highway through the Caucasus, Ust-Labinsk, Ekaterinodar, Taman to the Crimea. From here he wrote in a letter to his brother: “I saw the shores of the Kuban and the guard villages - I admired our Cossacks.”
In 1999, on June 6, on the day of the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birth, a grand opening took place in the city of Kropotkin. A marble monument to the poet was erected in the park of the Palace of Culture and the alley to the monument is named after A. S. Pushkin.
I would like to finish the story about the monuments of the city of Kropotkin with the words of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin himself.
I swear on my honor
No matter what in the world,
I wouldn't like to change
Fatherland, or have
Another story
In addition to the history of our
Traditions and customs of the city of Kropotkin
Our city is rich in its traditions and customs. The first half of the 20th century was the time when on the Kuban soil, as in a forge, the traditions of Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus were fused and a new culture appeared - Kuban. Streams of immigrants from Great Russia and Little Russia merged in the Romanovsky farm; families came here not only from the Don, but also from the Black Sea region, Stavropol, and Terek. They all carried their own traditions, customs, habits, and national characteristics. Military service and discipline quickly eliminated differences.
All this and local conditions inevitably influenced changes in settlements and housing, utensils and household items, food and clothing. Due to the poverty of the Kuban forest, farmers built houses mainly not of wood, but of turf beams (a wooden frame laid with clay and straw and only coated with clay). Wooden houses could only be erected by wealthy Cossacks or those from other cities. The houses were blocked from the street line by hedges.
Russians and Ukrainians brought with them the traditions of household utensils, clothing and shoes to the Romanovsky farm. At the end of the 19th century, this difference gradually disappeared. At the same time, there is a convergence of food and utensils with the common South Russian, Don and Ukrainian traditions. Increasingly, instead of turluch houses, straw and wooden ones are spreading, and the first brick houses under the iron roof of wealthy Cossacks are appearing. The high foundations in the houses make it possible to lay wooden floors, and reed and high iron roofs replace thatched roofs. Homemade and factory furniture appears in houses: sideboards, wardrobes, chests of drawers, beds, stools, chairs, various rugs, bedding. There was no longer any brotherhood among the Cossacks, however, the Cossack class was supported by all means; to a large extent, through clothing, the Cossacks already wore old uniforms on a daily basis - trousers, beshmet, and others, even for field work. And they celebrated all the holidays in a ceremonial Circassian coat in full uniform with the existing awards. They came dressed like this to the farm election gathering. Local people from other cities were supposed to wear similar clothes. The utensils in farm houses were both local (pottery pots, mugs, wooden buckets, barrels, plates, etc.) and imported, handicraft and factory-made (metal, earthenware, glass of various types), and the latter utensils were bought by wealthy Cossacks and non-residents. The Kuban cuisine has stabilized in terms of first courses (borscht, noodles) and second courses (potatoes, porridge with pork and poultry), drinks (uzvar, tea, sour milk), pickles and seasonings. The colloquial speech of the farmers is based on the Russian language, greatly enriched by the speech of the Don Cossacks and newly arrived Ukrainians.
By the beginning of the 20th century, along with the Cossack way of life, a working (urban) way of life had formed.
Our citizens know how to not only work, but also relax. But there is one holiday that Kropotkin residents especially love - Family Day.
In 1974, on the initiative of Valentina Efimovna Chigareva, with the support of the secretary of the city party committee for ideology, the citywide holiday “Family Day” was born and held for the first time in our city. The carnival procession of amateur groups of enterprises, professional artists, celebrants of golden and silver weddings, young couples who registered their marriage on this day, as well as thousands of citizens walking to the chords of a brass band, ended at the Yunost stadium. The townspeople were delighted. The holiday went off with a bang! The regional party leadership did not immediately accept the holiday: “there are no revolutionary ideas.” However, after such a holiday was held again in 1975. I saw expediency in him - everyone liked him. His idea quickly spread throughout the cities of our then still vast Motherland.
1975 is considered the year of birth of this holiday, which later became “City Day”. The main thing in the history of this holiday is that its homeland is our city of Kropotkin!
More than 30 years have passed since the first celebration of “City Day,” but it has not faded away, like hundreds of others, invented by ideologists in party offices and declared: “From this day on, this will be a tradition.” Life has confirmed that people need the “City Festival”; it has become desired and loved. Its content was enriched and supplemented with folk ideas. Of course, the city’s Department of Culture and Art plays the violin in this matter. The management begins to develop a holiday plan well in advance and “prepares” its performers. The holiday takes place over more than one day. In my opinion, only N.V. Gogol could describe it.
The carnival procession - you have to see it - is indescribably beautiful.
And concerts at the cultural center, competitions, games, attractions! It all ends with colorful fireworks! You must definitely attend the festival to see all its beauty.
Radio studio workers work here, journalists write something down in their notebooks, and the TV studio lights are turned on. Returning home, turning on the TV, the children look for themselves in the filmed scenes: “Mom! Look, there I am!”
From the very first steps on Kropotkin land it is clear that this is a city that is impossible to part with, impossible not to love. Some kind of special tranquility reigns in the whole appearance: the streets are buried in the white foam of flowering cherries and cherries, the roofs of houses are covered with branches of apple trees, pears, apricots, covered with pink buds of inflorescences. Swarms of bees and wasps are buzzing, collecting nectar. No hustle and bustle. You can feel a calm, stable, measured rhythm of life in everything.
We love our city very much and want it to continue to grow and bloom. And I would like to end my journey through the city of Kropotkin with a poem by Alexei Khlystov, a graduate of our school.
The city that I dream about in my dreams
A branch of lilac blooms in spring.
Blooming city, beloved Kropotkin,
You have been dear to me since childhood.
It's like bathing in sunlight
You are completely drowned in the azure of the gardens.
The most beautiful on this planet,
The most beautiful of all cities.
How I love your quiet streets,
Rows of alleys beckon us into the distance.
Only the sky, transparent, clean
Maybe taller than your poplars.
It’s all right that you smoke from factories,
And it doesn’t matter that there is something wrong in the country.
Rus' will survive, and Kropotkin will wake up
The city that I dream about in my dreams.
It is unlikely that we will surprise anyone by declaring that the city of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory) is not on the list of the most visited places in the Russian Federation. Such information is definitely not secret.
In fact, guests from neighboring regions do not often come here, much less from near and far abroad, but, nevertheless, there is something in this settlement that cannot fail to attract the attention of everyone, even the most experienced travelers.
This article will provide a lot of useful information about an unusual place called the city of Kropotkin in the Krasnodar Territory. Readers will find out where it is and how to get there, what attractions to see first and what to pay attention to in order to make their trip even more enjoyable and interesting.
General description of the object
The city of Kropotkin, the administrative center of the Caucasus region, is located in the Kuban-Priazovskaya lowland of the Krasnodar region in Russia.
Its exact area is 85.2 km². Taking these figures into account, we can confidently state the high density of the population living here, which today is over 80,000 people.
It can well be called an important transport hub of Kuban. The most important road and railway routes of our country intersect here.
But in general, the modern city of Kropotkin, whose sights cannot but fascinate, is a beautiful, quiet, well-maintained and actively developing city. Without meeting it personally, it is even difficult to imagine that in terms of the total area of all green spaces it occupies an honorable second place in the region after Anapa.
It should also be noted that it has a fairly rich original history and many archaeological sites.
History of the city
The activities of A.V. Suvorov in the Kuban are inextricably linked with the history of the founding of a settlement called the city of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory). It was on his instructions that the first Cossack guard post was established here, on the river bank, initially fortified with a small redoubt.
The settlement of the adjacent territory has been active since 1778, when the Romanov post was established.
And finally, in 1894, the first census was carried out in the Romanovsky farm, according to which there were already 959 households and 8,147 residents in this territory.
However, the mass resettlement here, of course, did not end there, and in 1905 there were already 1,619 households and about 20 thousand people.
On February 4, 1921, the Romanovsky farm was renamed the city of Kropotkin. The Krasnodar region was replenished with another territorial unit, which received its name in honor of the then famous scientist, geographer and geologist, anarchist theorist P. A. Kropotkin.
City symbols
Not long ago, on June 30, 2005, the local coat of arms was approved. It is based on the glorious history of the origin of the settlement.
The purple emblem depicts Cossack gold crossed spears with tassels and a watchtower. The color symbolizes glory, dignity and nobility. It was also once used in the form of the Don Cossacks, who were the first inhabitants and defenders of these places.
Between the golden spears there are two green stripes, also crossed with each other. They symbolize the intersection of roads, since the city of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory), as mentioned above, is a major transport hub where many railway lines and highways intersect.
Based on the coat of arms, a flag was developed, which was approved on November 24, 2005. The banner is purple with an oblique green cross at the bottom, topped with four golden spears with tassels, and a watchtower of the same color at the top.
Local attractions
Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory), photos of which can be found in guidebooks to Russia, is another one of the most picturesque, comfortable and famous cities in Kuban.
It is rich in its original history and has many different 16 burial mounds from the Bronze Age and Middle Ages, as well as ancient Meotian settlements, have been preserved to this day both within the city itself and outside it.
In addition, it should be noted that one of the main architectural attractions of this locality is the railway station, which was built back in 1903.
In particular, the city of Kropotkin (Krasnodar region as a whole) is famous for its Holy Intercession Cathedral, also known as the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin. It was built in 1913.
The city of Kropotkin, which is considered far from the only frequently visited places, also boasts a large number of historical architectural monuments.
In general, the most famous attractions are the buildings of the prosecutor's office, the treasury, the State Bank, the Railway Workers' Palace of Culture, the local history museum, the Mir cinema, St. George's Church, the flower clock, the memorial complex of the Great Patriotic War, which is located in the park of the 30th anniversary of the Victory.
Many citizens and visitors love to relax in the city park of culture and recreation. There is a singing fountain built on the station square, which would be interesting to visit for both adults and young travelers.
And, of course, walking along the streets of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory), it is simply impossible to ignore the churches. They are all different, belong to different faiths and movements, but they have one characteristic feature: they are quite interesting in architectural terms, which means that it is simply impossible not to pay attention to them.
Transport system
It should be noted that today the city of Kropotkin has an economically advantageous geopolitical location. It is the administrative center of several settlements and surrounding areas, as well as a major transport hub where roads and railway lines converge.
There are four quite popular railway lines. At the station, all passing trains traveling over longer distances stop and change locomotives.
In addition, there are highways of regional and federal significance (M29, P217, P251)
On the M29 “Caucasus” highway, a bus station (“Kazanskaya Gora”) serves intercity routes. Suburban commuters are mainly served by the bus station (“Central Market”).
Buses, fixed-route transport and taxis run around the city.
Economic situation of the city and region
The food industry of the settlement consists of several oil extraction factories, a dairy, canning and brewery, as well as a meat processing plant and a bakery. The household chemicals factory already belongs to the chemical industry.
Thanks to the Kropotkin plant, mechanical engineering is rapidly developing in the city. Now the plant constantly produces:
- mandrels;
- internal and external centralizers;
- traction and scraper winches;
- pipe welding bases, various machines, drying ovens;
- trolley suspensions, soft and rope towels, traverses;
- equipment for insulation and cleaning of pipelines;
- many other types of special equipment designed for the construction and repair of gas and oil pipelines.
Light industry is engaged in the production of items of state and corporate symbols, such as coats of arms, flags, banners, pennants, T-shirts, baseball caps, etc.
Kropotkin of our time
Today, many industrial enterprises operate on its territory, and small businesses are also developing.
It should be noted that the city is actively improving its modern infrastructure.
Many of the travelers who have visited it say that Kropotkin is a beautiful southern city, surrounded by greenery. I also like the fact that on the territory of the settlement there are 16 burial mounds from the Middle Ages and the Bronze Age, many wartime monuments, a local history museum, the Holy Intercession Cathedral, alleys and parks.
In recent years, two new stadiums, one cinema and a swimming pool have been built here. In 2008, the city was included in the project of the municipal formation of the Caucasus region in the status of the Kropotkinsk urban settlement (Law of the Krasnodar Territory No. 1553-KZ of 08.08.2008).
