Muchkapsky

Muchkapsky settlement is located 160 km from Tambov , in the south-east of the Tambov region. Muchkapsky is located on the left bank of the Crow River ( Don basin).

The surface is flat with a decrease to the north-west, west and south-west. The climate is continental. South and south-westerly winds predominate in winter and autumn, and southeast and westerly in spring and summer. Soils - fat chernozem .

The history of the 15th — 16th centuries did not touch this region. The banks of the lower reaches The crows were aloof from historical events. The edge was very deaf, swampy, inaccessible for communication. Only eagles and crows flew here on the high bank to watch for another victim, announcing the surroundings with cries. Obviously, the name of the river is Crow from the words "Crow River". There are burial mounds in the Muchkap area. In 1962, an archaeological expedition discovered the remains of a man buried in a mound who lived 4,000 years ago.

Judging by the letters of the Ryazan Metropolitan Theognost and Alexei in the XIII century, the river Vorona was the border between the Sarai and Ryazan dioceses.

Starting from the XIV century , on the shores of Khopra and the Crow, the “ Chervlyonny Yar ” camp was known, where different settlers were: the visitors from Borneo, and the cattle breeders were engaged in “free living”.

After the liberation of Russia from the Tatar-Mongol yoke, the population of the southeast increased. This was facilitated by the strong famine that broke out in 1597 . Nobles and boyars released serfs on all four sides. But they, fearing to fall back into bondage, were heading to sparsely populated areas. They settled not on the high right bank, but on the left bank - on the territory of Muchkapa - they herded cattle, engaged in fostering. Discomfort created the river Crow. Spilling in spring, it was connected with the deep Muchkap river, with Lake Lopasovo, and it turned out a sea of ​​water that could only be crossed by boat. The foundation of the village of Korostelyovo on the high right bank dates back to the beginning of the 15th century . Natives of the village of Korostelevo due to the spill began to move to the current territory of Muchkap.

The first settlers came here in 1730. Until the second half of the 18th century, there were already more than 100 one-palace courtyards on the site of the present Muchkap. But earlier it was believed that the village did not exist until the church was built and consecrated. First Muchkap was coming with. Korostelyovo, then the first church was built and consecrated in 1764 . And the village on the river Muchkap received the name Muchkap, Korostelevo identity. On January 8, 1958, the village of Muchkap was renamed by the resolution of the Tambov Regional Council of Workers' Deputies to the working village Muchkapsky.

Pyotr Georgievich Blagonadezhdin (1861 - after 1920), having arrived in Muchkap with a Christian mission, found in the archives of the church records of priest Stephan Pobedonostsev about the history of Muchkap. He continued to study the history of the origin of the village in the archives of the Tambov Spiritual Consistory and used the research of the Tambov Educational Archival Commission. Peter Blabonadezhdin in 1913 published the book “Muchkap” (historical essay) on the 100th anniversary of the construction of the “Cross-Voskvizhensky” church . The book was published in Tambov in the electric Tipo-Lithography of the Provincial Government.

A meat-poultry processing plant, a flour mill and a creamery operated in Muchkapa ^[18] . With the collapse of the USSR, these enterprises were closed. In 2012, a seed plant was opened.

Railway station (Muchkap) on the line Tambov - Balashov .

There are two secondary schools in Muchkap:

• Muchkapa secondary school 1 building
• Muchkapskaya Secondary School 2 building

In addition, in the village operates Muchkapskaya Children's Art School. A.M. Muravyov .

In early November of each year in the center of the river. Muchkapsky is given the start of the “Muchkap-Shapkino-Lyubo!” Track-and-field marathon at 42 kilometers 195 meters. On the same day, races are held at the distances: half marathon, 10 kilometers, 1195 meters (sweet race).

One of the most developed sport in the village is volleyball. The men's volleyball team is a five-time champion of the region. The girls' team of the Children’s Youth Sports School - a participant in the 2005 Russian volleyball semifinal.

Muchkap is a venue for All-Russian volleyball tournaments:

• Volleyball tournament for the prize of the Hero of the Soviet Union I. T. Lyubushkina
• Beach Volleyball Tournament “Muchkap Cup”

In recent years, dynamically developing in the territory of the industrial settlement. Muchkapsky and Shapkino village boxing. Pupils of the Muchkapsky district are regular participants in the championships of the Central Federal District and Russia among young men.

Muchkap is the venue for the All-Russian boxing tournament "In Memory of N. S. Musorin" in mid-October from 2011.

In Muchkap there is the Youth Sports School and the Salyut FLC, which opened in 2007.

In 1987, a monument to Lenin VI was opened in the central square.

Since 2008, a fountain with evening illumination has been operating in Muchkap on Bazarnaya Street, which, together with the adjacent territory, is a popular holiday destination among the residents and guests of the village.

In 2009, a monument to Alexander Nevsky was erected, installed opposite the entrance to the church named after St. Alexander Nevsky.

In the late summer of 2010, Zurab Tsereteli presented Muchkapu with a Mother’s monument with the inscription “Bow to the Mother”. It is located at the entrance to Muchkapsky.

In June 2011, the ceremonial opening of the Cranes memorial, installed at the entrance to the village of Muchkapsky, took place. The opening ceremony was timed to the Day of Russia . The monument is dedicated to the Soviet soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War .

In 2005, B. Skovrod released a souvenir badge ^[19] with the emblem of the Muchkapsky region (the emblem was not officially approved): “In an azure field, there is a silver ear in a silver gear. In the azure freestyle of the shield is a golden hive, above which are three golden bees in a semicircle. ”

• Site of the village Muchkapsky Tambov region
• Three centuries of Muchkap history