Russian Broad

The settlement received a double name, possibly from the settlement of this place of the “ wild field ” as a specially protected area near the ford across the river by natives of Russian principalities . The exact time of the appearance of the name "Russian Broad" is unknown. In the documents of the general land surveying of Livensky district for 1799 it is referred to as “the village of Lavrov’s second lieutenant” (an ancient noble family of the Lavrovs), and on the map the PGM is designated as “Ruska Brot” ^{[2] [3]} .

The village is located 27 km south of the district center of the village of Verkhovye and is located on both banks of the Lyubovsha River. The Verkhovye- Livny highway and the Verkhovye- Marmyzhi railway pass through the village.

The first mention of this area dates back to 1236, when Semyon Glukhovskoy annexed this territory to the Principality of Novosilsky . This area is described as "a place where the river makes a bend similar to the letter" zelo "." The first written mention dates back to 1571, when, by decree of Ivan IV , a sentinel guard was formed on the southern borders, among 73 others.

In 1775, the territory of Russian Broad was divided into 2 parts, the border of which was the Lyubovsha River. The western part of the village went to Maloarkhangelsk district , and the eastern part to Livensky .

In 1793, the landowners - the owners of the village, staff captain Nikolai Evgenievich and college adviser Ivan Evgenievich Lavrov were included in the noble genealogy of the Oryol province. The daughter of Nikolai Lavrov, Vera Nikolaevna Beklimisheva, in 1851 became the wife of the famous Russian philosopher Nikolai Danilevsky .

Russian Broad was listed as an owner's village (in landownership). In 1828, the village itself and the villages belonged to the arrival of the Spasskaya church in the village: Borki , Kamenka , Kobzevka , Lyubovsha , Tarasov Kolodez (Rtishchevo) ^[4] .

In the middle of the XIX century in the village on Sundays began to arrange torzhok . In 1851, a stone temple was built in the name of the icon of the Holy Savior . One of his ministers was Priest Fyodor Kosov, brother of the Monk Confessor George Kosov . In 1859, a parish school was opened.

In 1871, the Russian-Brodsky railway station was opened. It became part of the first narrow-gauge railway in the Russian Empire. At the station there were bulk points for grain belonging to the merchant Yegor Samoilov. At the end of the 19th century, the local landowner Yevgeny Petrovich Lavrov built a new school building and a semi-detached house for teachers. He also built a starch plant.

During the First World War , a point was set up in Russian Broad for the selection of villagers called up for war. The local landowner Ivan Lavrov supervised this point.

In October 1918, a village council was formed, chaired by Logvin Ivan Spiridonovich, secretary Grinev.

From October 3 to November 5, 1919 the village was occupied by the White Guards ( partisan general Alekseev battalion).

In 1928, Russky Brod became the center of the Russo-Brodsky district . In 1963, the district was abolished and its territory became part of the Verkhovsky district.

In the 1950s, the Russian-Brodsky military air defense unit 47 RTB No. 71582 was formed, in 1991 the military unit was disbanded.

In the 1970s, the Russo-Brodsky Lime Plant was built, which completed work in 1991.

In the 2000s, the Russo-Brodsky collective farm Dawn stopped working.

In Russian Brod, a local historian, an honorary citizen of the Verkhovsky district Anatoly Konovalov , has lived his whole life.

Theater actor and writer Alexander Dmitrievich Lavrov-Orlovsky was born in Russian Broad

Currently (2016), the Russo-Brodsky elevator of AgroGard CJSC and a bakery are operating.

There is a police station.

There is a Russian-Brodsky secondary school, there is one kindergarten, a library and a House of Culture, a house of prayer.

There is a Russian-Brodsky hospital (since 2015 a branch of the Verkhovsk district hospital) and two pharmacies.

In the square to them. Lenin installed a bust of V.I. Lenin, a monument to the Grieving Mother. Water tower built in 1898, the old house of the merchant Samoilov.

Church of the Icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands (newly started to be built in 2011). Holy spring, consecrated in the name of the Holy Archangel Michael .

In 1866, there were 60 peasant households in the village.

• "Nowadays". Verkhovsk regional public newspaper. (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 4, 2017. Archived on January 6, 2017.