Novoaleksandrovka (Aleksandrovo-Gaysky district)

The village of Novoaleksandrovka (also known as Cordon) was founded in the spring of 1871 by specific peasants from the village of Alexandrov Gai , who resettled on their lands on the other side of the Big Uzen. In total, up to 700 souls moved to the new settlement, a third of which were Molokans . Administratively, New Alexandrovka belonged to the Aleksandorovo-Gai volost of Novouzensk district . In 1890, there were 359 yards in the village, 938 men and 1,029 women, among whom 373 men and 110 women were literate. There were 6541 tithes of convenient allotment land, and 8254 uncomfortable land ^[4] .

In 1899, the construction of the Zemstvo school building was completed. In 1900 the construction of the church was completed. In 1910, 1578 men and 1611 women already lived in Novoaleksandrovka in 453 households. In addition to the church and schools, there were also 10 windmills and two slaughterhouses ^[4]

In the civil war, the village was subjected to raids by the White Cossacks and green gangs several times. The church was closed by the Bolsheviks and subsequently burned down along with the parish school. In 1930, a collective farm named after Chapaev was organized in Novoaleksandrovka ^[4] .

During the years of World War II, out of 142 villagers who went to the front, 108 died ^[4] .

In March 1964, Novoaleksandrovka became the central estate of the Druzhba state farm. In 1970, the building of the house of culture was commissioned, in 1976 a kindergarten was opened, in 1980 - a new eight-year school. The village was the center of the Novoaleksandrovsky village council ^[4] .

The Druzhba state farm in 1995 disintegrated into the Frontier Border Farm and the Baiguzha SEC ^[4]

National composition

According to the 2002 census, the majority of the population were Russians (66%) and Kazakhs (27%) ^[6] .

• Kholopov, Alexander Ivanovich (1921-2000), Soviet military commander, Colonel General.