Novokavkazsky (Aleksandrovsky district)

• New Caucasus,
• New Caucasus (Caucasian),
• Novokavkassky ^[5] .

It is located in the southeastern part of the Alexander District, within the Stavropol Upland ^[6] , at an altitude of 304 m above sea level ^[7] . On all sides it is surrounded by agricultural land. A section of the Mokraaya Sabla River with the Sablinsky Reservoir ^[2] and the Sablinsky Canal (distributor) ^[8] pass through the territory of the village.

The length of the borders of the Novokavkazsky is 2.4 km from north to south and 2.7 km from west to east ^[9] . The distance to the regional center is 104 km, to the regional center - 20 km ^[10] . The nearest village is the Petrovka farm, located 2.3 km ^[9] .

The village was founded in 1962 on the basis of a stud farm (until 1967 - the First Stavropol Order of the Red Banner of Labor Stud Farm No. 170 ^[11] ) ^[12] , the central estate of which at that time was located in the Sredny farm ^[13] . As the Stavropol local historian P. G. Zakharov notes, the need to create a new settlement arose because of the remoteness of the estate from the main roads of automobile communication, which created certain difficulties in the enterprise's activity ^[13] . Novokavkazsky was built in the steppe ^[14] , 7 km from the Caucasian farm (abolished in 1981 ^[15] ) ^[16] , where there was another production unit of the stud farm number 170 ^[13] .

In 1964, a family of workers and office workers arrived in Novokavkazsky for permanent residence. In 1965, the central estate of the enterprise was moved here ^[13] , then stables were built, and an indoor arena for testing horses in equestrian competitions ^[17] . The Executive Committee of the Novokavkazsky Village Council of People’s Deputies was also located here (in the 1930s, the executive committee of the Stavropol Village Council of Deputies of the village of the Stavropol Military Horse Factory) ^[18] .

In the mid-1960s, there were several dozen residential buildings (including multi-apartment buildings) in the village, there were a kindergarten with 50 seats, a barn and 2 shepherds (each with 800 sheep). From the Kavkazsky farm to the central estate, a water supply was carried out ^[14] .

As of March 1, 1966, the Novokavkazsky farm was the center of the village council of Konezavod No. 170, the territory of which consisted of 18 farms: Verkhny, Shepherd’s House , Caucasian, Konny , Krucheny, Ledokhovich, Novaya Derevnya, Novokavkazsky, Petrovka , Fifth Well, Repyevaya 1st , Burdock 2nd, Svetlokumka, Medium , Dry Saber, Tanyuhina 1st, Tanyuhina 2nd and Chongarets ^[19] .

On January 1, 1983, Novokavkazsky was the center of the village council of the same name, which included 8 settlements: the village of Malostepnovsky and the horse farm, Krasny Chongarets , Ledokhovich, Novokavkazsky, Petrovka, Repyevaya , Srednyi ^[20] .

On February 18, 1992, the Small Council of the Stavropol Territory Council of People’s Deputies decided: “To form in the Aleksandrovsky District the Srednensky Village Council with a center in the Sredny hamlet. To include in the composition of the Srednensky Village Council the hamlets Sredny, Konny, Krasny Chongarets, Ledokhovich, separated from the Novokavkazsky Village Council of the Aleksandrovsky District ” ^[21] .

During the reform of local self-government in Russia, the village of Novokavkazsky was defined as the administrative center of the municipality of the Novokavkazsky village council, the territory of which also included the village of Malostepnovsky , the village of Repyevaya and Petrovka ^[22] .

According to the results of the 2010 All-Russian Census, 1535 people were listed in the village, of which 707 were men (46.1%) and 828 were women (53.9%) ^[1] .

As of January 1, 2017, according to the district administration, the population was 1380 people ^[24] .

National composition

According to the 2002 census , Russians dominate the national structure of the population (93%) ^[25]

Residential development in the Novokavkazsky is represented by individual houses with land for personal subsidiary plots, as well as apartment buildings ^{[8] [26]} . The housing stock is equipped with plumbing, heating, sanitation, bathrooms (shower), gas. Water in the street water supply comes from the Sablinsky distributor. There is no hot water supply. There is no centralized street sewer network ^[27] . Power supply is provided from the power system of the Stavropol Territory ^[28] .

On the territory of the village are: the administration of the Novokavkazsky village council; agricultural enterprises; enterprises of the social sphere, including a medical outpatient clinic, educational institutions, cultural institutions, a branch of Sberbank of Russia No. 1861/9, a branch of the Russian Post (index 356321 ^[29] ) and other enterprises and organizations ^{[27] [26] [8]} .

To the south of the Novokavkazsky, at a distance of 1.8 km, there is a public open cemetery with a total area of 18,750 m² ^[30] .

The Novokavkazskiy street-road network includes 10 streets and 1 lane ^[31] , along which public roads of local importance are laid ^[8] . Within the boundaries of the village are the regional highway M-29 “ Kavkaz ” - Middle - Novokavkazsky ^[32] and the federal highway P262 ( Stavropol (from a / d P-216 ) - Prokhladny - Mozdok - Kizlyar - Krainovka ) ^[33] connecting Novokavkazsky with district center ^{[8] [27] [34]} .

Transport connection is only automobile. The nearest airport and train station are in the city of Mineralnye Vody. There are no nearest water ports ^[27] .

There are no motor transport enterprises, bus stations and bus stations in the village ^[27] . Passenger transportation in the direction of the Caucasian Mineral Waters , the cities of Stavropol and Budennovsk is provided through the regional center (mainly by private minibuses, as well as by passing passenger transport from other cities and regions of the region) ^[28] . Regular intra-district passenger transportation is carried out along route No. 106 (“the village of Aleksandrovskoye - the highway.”), Served by a small bus that makes intermediate stops in the Novokavkazskoye and Petrovka, Ledokhovich , Konny farms ^{[28] [34]} .

The population of the village uses the cellular services ( 2G , 3G ) provided by the Beeline ^[35] , MegaFon ^[36] , MTS ^[37] , Yota ^[38] operators, as well as telephone and broadband access services to the Internet provided by the Stavropol branch of PJSC Rostelecom ^{[39] [40] [27]} .

Services in the field of preschool education and general education are provided by kindergarten No. 23 “Yolochka” (58 children in 2017) and secondary school No. 9 (194 students studied in 2017) ^[26] , which is assigned to the territory of the Novokavkazsky Village Council ^[41] .

The centers of the organization of culture and leisure of the population of the village are the House of Culture (average visit per month - 1000 people), which is part of the Inter-settlement socio-cultural association "Leisure", and library-branch No. 11 of the Alexander Inter-settlement Central District Library (1,081 people were served in 2017 ) ^{[42] [26]} .

Health services are provided by a medical dispensary, in which 1 doctor, 3 nurses, a midwife, a paramedic, a driver work ^[26] .

On the territory of the Novokavkazsky there are 2 large agricultural enterprises ^[27] - LLCPKZ “Stavropolsky” (crop and livestock production) ^[43] and Stavropol Stud Farm No. 170 LLC (breeding of Tersky , Akhal-Teke , thoroughbred horse , Arabian breeds; crop production, etc.) ^{[44] [45]} formed on the basis of liquidated in 2012 SPKA PKZ "Stavropol" ^[45] . According to 2011 data, the agricultural land area of ​​the Stavropolsky Industrial Plant amounted to 100 km², the number of employees is 211; the area of ​​agricultural land of Stavropol Stud Farm No. 170 LLC is 39 km², the number of employees is 98 people ^[27] .

In the village there are a number of peasant farms. There are no enterprises processing agricultural products, as well as large organizations engaged in industrial activities ^{[27] [26]} .

The trading network includes 8 trading enterprises, 1 trading platform with 35 seats. There is 1 dining room. By 2017, such types of household services as delivery and installation of satellite dishes became widespread; restoration, repair and manufacture of upholstered furniture; installation of plastic windows, etc. At the same time, according to the village council administration, the provision of household services to the population remained low due to insufficient infrastructure development ^[26] .

Residents of the New Caucasus, professing Orthodoxy , gather for prayer together in a prayer room in honor of the Holy Spirit , which is arranged in two rooms of the former kindergarten allocated by the village council administration. As of 2013, parishioners of the prayer room were fed by priest Alexy Egorov ^[46] .

In 1960, an obelisk was erected in the center of the village in memory of fellow soldiers who died in 1941-1945. It is a stone pyramid with a red five-pointed star, mounted on a stepped pedestal, to which are attached memorial plates with the names and surnames of the village residents (51 people) carved on them, who fell on the fronts of World War II . At the foot of the Eternal Flame burns. In 1981, the object was given the status of a historical monument of regional significance ( reg. No. 261710893810005 ( EGROKN )) ^{[47] [48] [49]} .

• Zakharov P.G. Novokavkazsky Settlement // On the Shores of Tomuzlovka: from the History of the Alexander District of Stavropol Territory / P. G. Zakharov. - Pyatigorsk: Glavpechat, 2014 .-- S. 380-384. - 423 p. - ISBN 978-5-905940-09-5 .
• Novokavkazsky // History of cities and villages of Stavropol: krat. essays / chap. ed. V.A. Shapovalov . - 2nd ed., Rev. and add. - Stavropol: Publishing House of SSU , 2008 .-- S. 166. - 752 p. - ISBN 5-88648-622-4 .

• Map sheet L-38-123 Sablinskoe . Scale: 1: 100 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .