Kanaevka (Saratov region)

The village is located in the Volga region , on the left bank of the Bolshoi Irgiz River , the southern outskirts of the village overlook the Sestra River. The height of the center of the village is 32 meters above sea level ^[2] . The terrain is flat. Soils are floodplain neutral and slightly acidic ^[3] . On the opposite bank of the Greater Irgiz preserved floodplain forest ^[4] .

The village is located in the southeastern part of the district, 38 km in a straight line from the district center of Ivanteyevka village. By road, the distance to the regional center is 51 km, to the regional center of the city of Saratov - 320 km, to Samara - 190 km ^[5] .

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It was founded in the 18th century . The earliest date for the formation of the settlement is 1724. According to a more believable version, the village appeared in 1790 . In the same year, peasants from the Penza village of Kanaevka were transferred to Bolshaya Irgiz in Yablonovy Gai , some of which settled on the opposite bank of the river and gave the new village a name in honor of their historic homeland. In 1817, a church was consecrated in honor of the Protection of the Mother of God. In 1842, in Kanaevka, under the guidance of the priest Stefaniel, the home school of literacy began, after which two more such home schools were opened by the wealthy peasant Zapaschikov and the Nikolaev merchant Anikin ^[7] .

The village is mentioned in the List of Populated Places of the Russian Empire according to information for 1859. The village belonged to the Nikolaev district of the Samara province . 1039 men and 1131 women lived in the village ^[8] . According to the List of populated areas of the Samara province, according to information for 1889, the village belonged to the Kleven volost of the Nikolaev district of the Samara province . 3271 residents lived in the village. The land allotment, common with the village of Sisters , was 15093 tithes of comfortable and 1686 tithes of uncomfortable land, there was a church, a zemstvo school, 7 windmills and 1 water mill, 3 fairs were held ^[9] . According to the census of 1897, 2179 people lived in the village of Kamaevka ^[10] , including 2066 Orthodox Christians and 240 Old Believers ^[11] .

Subsequently, it was allocated to Kanayevsky volost . According to the List of Populated Places of the Samara Province in 1910, the village was inhabited by former state peasants , Russians , Orthodox, Old Believers and Molokans , 1,451 men and 1,429 women, the village had a church, a provincial and church parish school, a ward, a doctor, a paramedic, a paramedic and a midwife , post office, rural municipality board, board of credit partnership, officer, 7 windmills and 1 mechanical mill, 3 fairs were held. Land allotment - 1891 tithes of comfortable and 1098 tithes of uncomfortable land ^[12] .

In the years 1918-1918, in the midst of the Civil War , the villagers suffered from attacks by various armed groups. In the spring of 1920, a gang of Pyatakov and Pirogov broke into Kanaevka, which seized the heads of government bodies and their families. In total, more than 30 people were killed. After the liberation of Kanaevka, the victims were buried in the center of the village in a mass grave. Once again captured by the green Kanaevka was March 5, 1921 ^[7] .

Since 1928 - as part of the Ivanteyevsky district of the Saratov region. In the same year, the Red Station, Red October and Neozhidanka artels were formed; in the autumn of 1929, the Yalta commune began work, which a year later was transformed into the Bolshevik collective farm . In August 1932, part of the farms became part of the second collective farm named after Molotov. A new hospital, a village council building, a veterinary laboratory and a store were built from dispossessed houses in the 1930s. The Church of the Intercession was closed and subsequently destroyed. In 1934, schools of the old format were replaced by a new seven-year school, in 1939 it was transformed into a secondary one ^[7] .

On the fronts of World War II , 242 villagers were killed. In 1951, local farms were merged into the new collective farm "Testament of Ilyich", to which in 1958 the collective farms of the villages of Sisters , Kozhevka and Klevenka joined . After the liquidation of the Ivanteyevsky district, Kanayevka was transferred to the Perelyubsky district , the collective farm "Precepts of Ilyich" in 1961-1962 was transformed into the virgin state farm "Trud", then renamed the state farm "Victory". In 1967, the village was returned to the recreated Ivanteyevsky district. In 1995, the Victory state farm was transformed into Victory LLC ^[7] .

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According to the 2002 census, Russians made up 92% of the village population ^[13] .