Buturlinsky district

Buturlinsky district belongs to the elevated right bank of the Volga. The general relief is hilly-bumpy, strongly dissected by beams. The climate of the region is characterized as moderately continental, moderately humid. The average annual air temperature is + 3 ... + 4 ° C, the absolute maximum temperature is + 36 ° C, the absolute minimum is −44 ° C. Winters are cold, long and not very snowy with an average January temperature of about −12 C, and summers are relatively warm with an average July temperature of +19 ° C. Precipitation falls on average 500-550 mm per year.

Area of ​​the district: 1105.2 km ² .

Buturlino is mentioned in historical documents from the middle of the XVI century . Its name is associated with the name of the boyar Buturlin Fyodor Ivanovich, who received land from the tsar after the successful campaign of Russian troops in Kazan . Buturlin laid the village on them in 1552 . In the XVIII century the settlement of the region by the Slavs and the departure of the Mordovians from the Buturlin lands were completed. The peasants of the Buturli region participated in the uprisings of Stepan Razin and Emelyan Pugachev . In the late XIX - early XX centuries, the volost village of Buturlino was famous for its widely developed trade. Merchants from different volosts gathered at the fairs held. Since 1921 , after the introduction of the NEP , private trade began, small-scale production - mills, churns, bakeries, roots, brick production. In June 1929, the Buturlinsky district was created. The area of ​​the district was 1400 km ² , on its territory there were 103 settlements with a population of 64600 people. Until 1965, the district underwent continuous territorial changes. In December 1977, the village of Buturlino was transformed into a working village.

The population of the district as of January 1, 2003 is 17,660 people, including the urban population - 7,250 people, the rural population - 10,410 people.

The population density is 16 people per 1 km². Of the total resident population, the proportion of women is 54.2%, men - 45.8%, and more women are in retirement age. The largest number of residents of the district is of working age - 56.9%, older than able-bodied - 24.5%, younger than able-bodied - 18.6%. The coefficient of demographic burden per 1000 people of working age is 758. About 98% of the population are Russians , there are representatives of other peoples of Russia and the CIS .

Urbanization

In urban areas (the Buturlino workers' village), 46.56% of the district’s population live.

There are 54 settlements in Buturlinsky district as part of one urban and five rural settlements:

Industry

• LLC Bakaldsky Canning Plant - production of high-quality natural juice from fruits and vegetables;
• OJSC Buturlinsky Dairy Plant - production of dairy products using new technologies;
• LLC "Kamenischensky quarry";
• LLC PMK Buturlinskaya - production of mineral powder and dolomite flour used in the glass industry, agriculture and road construction.

Housing and communal services

• LLC "Buturlinskoye Housing and Public Utilities";
• LLC Buturlinsky Vodokanal.

Enterprises have their own raw materials base, located in close proximity to the railway.

Also in the village Krutze operates a small private plant for the production of mineral water "Omega Aqua"

Agriculture

In Buturlinsky district, the main share of up to 60% is agriculture.

Resources

Soils in the region are dominated by gray and light gray forest loamy and loamy sand.

Of the minerals in the area there are two deposits of limestone and dolomites, sand, which are mined and used for the construction of roads, buildings and structures.

The main open water source is the Piana River, many lakes. There are two nature reserves in the district, a number of natural monuments (Bornukovskaya cave, Karasnoe and Chembasovskoye lakes). The total area of ​​protected areas is more than 17 thousand hectares. A significant part of the area is covered by natural vegetation. Deciduous forests, meadows and shrubs, flooded floodplains of rivers, floodplain lakes and elders are characteristic. The animal world is diverse. From ungulates there are elk and wild boar. Carnivorous mammals are widespread - a wolf, a lynx, a fox, a badger, a marten, a mink, etc. The species of rodents and bats are diverse. The avifauna is characterized by both forest birds, and field and marsh birds. Bird species rare for other areas of the region are found - the red-necked chomga, the sandpiper, the sandpiper, the sandpiper. Of the reptiles, there are lizards, snakes, vipers, coppers. Rivers and lakes are rich in fish.

Transport

A railroad passes through the territory of the district, Smagino station is two kilometers from the district center. Transport communication with the settlements of the district is carried out on paved roads with a length of 251 kilometers.

The main religious movement is Orthodoxy . There are three Orthodox parishes in the village. Buturlin, in the villages of Uvarov and Inkino.

Old Believers are also found in a number of villages (for example, Big Bakaldy).

• Vasiliev (Vybornov) Vladimir Ivanovich (1921-1975) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , full holder of the Order of Glory . Born in the village of Inkino (Kochunovsky Village Council) .
• Sutyagin Nikolai Vasilievich (1923-1986) - Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR, Major General of Aviation. Born in with. Smagino.
• Kazakov Vasily Ivanovich (1898-1968) - Hero of the Soviet Union, marshal of artillery, was born in the village of Filippovo.
• Barinov Nikolay Mikhailovich (1914-1983) - Hero of the Soviet Union, born in s. Naumovo.
• Zinoviev Ivan Ivanovich (1919-1998) - Hero of the Soviet Union, was born in the village of Malaya Yakshyonka.
• Moiseev Nikolay Semenovich (1918-1993) - Hero of the Soviet Union, born in s. Prince Pavlovo.
• Sushilkin Konstantin Fedorovich (1920-1999) - a full holder of the Order of Glory , was born in s. Maryino.
• Purikhov Viktor Ivanovich (b. 1941) - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation , born in s. Bornukovo.
• Kostyunin Nikolay Ivanovich (1919-2014) - Soviet diplomat, born in s. Vysokovo.
• Igor Petryanov-Sokolov (June 5 (18), 1907 - May 19, 1996) - physicist-chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1966), academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1991), editor-in-chief of the journal “Chemistry and Life”, Hero of Socialist Labor (1971), winner of the Lenin Prize (1966), twice winner of the State Prize (1941, 1980), winner of the UNESCO International Prize - Kalinga Prize (1984). He was the editor-in-chief of the Colloidal Journal, was born in s. Big Yaksen.

• List of cultural monuments of the Buturlinsky district in Wikiguide