Suvorov careers
The Suvorovsky district used to be very rich in minerals, the extraction of which was actively carried out during Soviet times. Our contemporaries have inherited landscapes of unimaginable beauty; in particular, it is worth highlighting the Suvorov quarries, where clay was previously mined.
Today you can no longer find equipment and workers here; instead, your eyes will see a stunning picture of a man-made landscape with hills up to fifty meters high and deep lakes with characteristic blue water.
The Suvorov quarries are a favorite vacation spot not only for local residents; on weekends you can meet a huge number of guests from other regions, including from Tula and Moscow. Therefore, if you plan to spend the weekend here, there is a high probability that all the numerous parking lots will already be occupied.
Cherepetskaya GRES
The main enterprise of the city of Suvorov, it was from here that its history once began. The geographical location of the power plant is far from accidental; when determining it, the architects relied on two main criteria. This is the relatively close location of the power plant to the Moscow Region coal basin and the short distance of the future GRES from the main consumers of electricity, for whom the GRES itself was built.
Today, electricity generated at the station is supplied to the Moscow, Tula, Oryol, Bryansk and Kaluga regions. The Cherepetskaya GRES itself is also interesting because during its construction many problems of varying technical complexity were solved; in 1948, unique equipment was developed and manufactured. It was for the construction of the Cherepetskaya GRES that new grades of heat-resistant steel were developed.
The construction of this power plant was a kind of breakthrough in the entire energy complex of the country. The fuel for the Cherepetskaya GRES to this day is coal from the Moscow region and Kuzbass.
Different cities. Different people. Suvorov
The small town of Suvorov lies in the west of the Tula region on the border with the Kaluga region. And the district of the same name is famous for its resort, mineral water, powerful state district power station, reservoir, sweets and the smallest city in Russia.
The Tula Press became interested in how the city and its inhabitants live? What do they think about their small homeland?
We drove around the city. The first impression is quiet and clean. Very uncrowded. Especially in neighborhoods that are away from the city center. We decided to ask local residents about Suvorov’s living quarters. It just so happened that the people were different - in age, status, degree of love for life, and the conclusions about the realities of the Suvorov region differed significantly. So people say...
Fireclay is CLOSED, Expanded clay is CLOSED
Grandfather, who was slowly riding his bicycle, stopped and asked to ask louder. “Of course, there are good ones everywhere. The roads are good and the curbs are all done. Nicely done.
Who runs the district? Why, I know, Gennady Viktorovich Sorokin. I only contacted him once. They did what they asked for right away. In general, I am a disabled war veteran, a participant in the war.
I needed to cover the roof, they came right away. He treats us veterans well,” said Mikhail Andreevich Galaev.
By the way, in two months he will be 90. But he can handle a bicycle very well.
A middle-aged woman with shopping bags, a little embarrassed, spoke in detail, with slight pauses. “I was born in 1948 and live in Suvorov permanently. The city has improved in recent years. A lot is being done for people. And our park is being decorated, which is ancient. The recreation center always gathers us pensioners.
Housing and communal services problems? I live in the private sector. In apartments, here, maybe there are problems. The roads were done well, the roads. Only on Gogol Street, here, they filled it up with a little crushed stone, where I live, and abandoned it. I went to the administration, they said I need to write a statement. Like, it’s all through Tula.
Young people are leaving. No work, no work. GRES? I don’t know how things are going there, what the management thinks is going on there. I know things aren’t going well for them themselves; my niece works there. They handed over the block, but it didn’t work well, everything was flying.
Where to work?! The chamotte plant was closed, the expanded clay plant was closed, the meat processing plant was destroyed, and the dairy plant was also destroyed. All. There is nowhere for people to go except go to Moscow. Head of the district administration?! I know, but how? Oh, I forgot my last name. Sorokin. Exactly. I never contacted the authorities. Only, on the way, he came then,” said Tamara Tonova.
She complained that the post office in the area was being closed: “The post office is being closed. They said, where we have a telegraph, where they pay for telephones, we will go there. And that means there will be a crowd there then. When we come, we’ll stand behind each other, there won’t be enough space.”
By the way, a resident complained that vacationers on the famous Suvorov “blue lakes” often behave defiantly and carelessly. Visiting Tula and Muscovites litter and do not clean up after themselves. And the locals are offended by this.
“A lot of people come. We have nowhere to go ourselves. And they drive along and throw this garbage along the road. Take your trash with you, I say. No, they answer, and they quit anyway. The bridges were broken, it was dirty. I grew up there since childhood,” Tamara Fedorovna is offended.
BELOW AVERAGE, HARD LIFE
But, a substantive middle-aged woman entrepreneur from the city market, the entrance to which is decorated with an ornate sign “Suvorov Fair”, was more categorical. By mutual agreement, we do not mention her name.
The woman explained that she herself was a native of Suvorov. And now he comes here to trade. When asked whether the business is successful, he shrugs without visible optimism. We asked, in light of the trends in federal and regional authorities to support small businesses, have you heard that the authorities are ready to help small businesses, are they showing interest in the difficulties, is there an opportunity to compete for municipal grants? In response, the woman shook her head negatively. According to her, she did not receive any invitations to meetings or offers of assistance from local officials.
“It’s hard to find work in Suvorov. People are going to Moscow. Well, even two units at the state district power plant were not built by us, not by locals. Business travelers came and worked for big money. There were many Serbs. Now the business travelers are leaving. And at the state district power station, as I heard, there are only reductions,” they told us, shrugging their shoulders. Speaking about the standard of living of Suvorovites, the woman said: “Below average, a rather difficult life.”
The woman also had good things to say. “It was very good when we celebrated Victory Day. On the beach near the reservoir they installed benches, children’s attractions, trampolines, young people unfurled a huge star on the water, and fireworks in the evening,” noted our interlocutor.
With our purchase we made a small contribution to the development and support of Suvorov SMEs and moved on. It seemed a little strange that the market on Sunday morning, seemingly at the very “market time,” was half empty. The revival is only at the dairy and meat pavilions. In the modern shopping buildings surrounding the market there are numerous “For Rent” signs, in the parking lots there is a leisurely bustle with a variety of cars with license plates of neighboring regions - “40”, “150”, “177”, “199”, “777”. Looking ahead, we note that it is much busier in numerous shopping centers and supermarkets.
FOR A C WITH A PLUS
A young man who came out of a golden Nexia parked opposite the Suvorov Palace of Culture, when asked if it was Suvorov’s, answered in the affirmative.
Having heard our question: “How many points out of five would you rate life in the city?” he said quickly and, in general, not very joyfully: “A C plus.”
According to a guy who introduced himself as an employee of one of the law enforcement agencies, life in the city and region is “tolerable.” Young people have difficulty finding work, many leave. The roads have gotten better, he admitted. But this is mostly in the center, where they have been renovated in recent years.
The young Suvorov veteran, as he said, has not yet encountered problems with housing and communal services. The district leadership knows and sees periodic: “When holidays are big, they celebrate, reward, congratulate,” he pointed to the building of the Palace of Culture.
And then, waving his other hand, he added: “And these shopping centers that are being built everywhere, frankly speaking, are annoying.”
On Tulskaya Street, near the Chipolino pizzeria and hardware store, a conversation began with a married couple driving a used, but still quite peppy red Niva.
It turned out that they were not from Suvorov, from Cherepet, which is nearby.
“The city is clean, you can feel that they are doing something. He has changed for the better. Well, our roads were repaired last year, and they have been repaired now. Our roads are tolerable.
And with work, yes. Jobs, that's our problem. We have few jobs. Because we know that young guys won’t find a job soon,” said a woman who introduced herself as Olga Frolkina.
According to her, they did not have to contact the authorities themselves.
And they saw the district chief literally yesterday. He came to school for graduation.
AT LEAST BETTER THAN ODOEV OR BELEV
We immediately ask another married couple a question about Suvorov’s problems and achievements. “Roads, no work. Perhaps that's all. The city is clean, thanks to the head of the administration, the city is clean and beautiful. At least better than in Odoev or Belev,” says the head of the family, who happens to be an employee of the district administration.
Vladimir Chuchin clarified about the difficulties with employment in the city: “There are layoffs at the state district power station. There are fewer employees, the equipment is new, that is, fewer people need to be serviced. And besides the state district power station, we don’t have anything good, nothing big.” Let us remind you that Tamara Tonova previously told us about what is no longer in industry in Suvorov.
The Suvorov official also noted about bad roads. When asked that on the portal “Open Region 71” and last year’s objects that took over almost the entire city center are indicated, and also areas planned for repair, he said: “Try beyond the river, try in Severo-Ageevsky, the roads there are terrible... And in side of Chekalin, as it were, the road ends on the outskirts... Moreover, they do not belong to the city of Suvorov, but DRSU serves them.”
It was impossible to miss the opportunity to ask a representative of the district administration, since we met him near the houses on Tulskaya Street that had joined the “People's Budget” program, why so few objects, in general, according to Suvorov, became participants in the program.
“But they themselves don’t want an HOA. That is, the HOA collects 30%, the rest is provided by the district and region. Everything depends on the residents. The houses are better, newer, and even then they are difficult to assemble. That is, everything depends on the people. And - from the manager,” was the answer.
DISABLED PERSONS CAN'T GET A JOB IN SUVOROV
How is life in Suvorov for the one on whom, according to the representative of the authorities, “everything depends” we asked pensioner Vasily Petrovich Volosikov?
“How can I say... I, as a pensioner, am fine. How are others? Doesn't matter! Is it hard for young people to get a job?! Yes, it is. What are they doing, some in Kaluga, some in Moscow. Who goes where.
The entrance to the houses is not paved, so this street, like the house was built in 1988, was never repaired. Everything is broken."
The elderly stern man said that there was no need to contact the authorities. And when asked what people say about the head of the district administration, he answered: “Some are good, some are bad. Miscellaneous".
In the parking lot of one of the shopping centers in the center of Suvorov, a green Oka with a “disabled person” sign managed to roll into the newly vacated space. We approach the driver.
And our last interlocutor in Suvorov seemed not cheerful, like a gloomy rainy Sunday. “Troubles, like everywhere else. Including roads. And - there are no jobs. And the biggest problem is bribery. I won't give examples. In particular, this applies to medical care. If you don't give me money, they won't cure you. And what can I say, it’s the same in Tula... It turns out that if you want to survive, you pay. And for communal services: it seems like you have to ask all the time,” the man noted.
“Don't get a job. The contractions are very strong,” Alexandra’s wife joined the conversation.
They asked Alexander about his attitude towards the activities of the district authorities, he answered: “Well, like everyone else, they like to work so that they are praised from above. They're like everyone else. Neutral attitude. I didn't apply. It’s easier to pay to have everything done in cash. Because, as such, one cannot expect support from the authorities.”
Alexander said that he is unemployed, disabled since childhood, with cerebral palsy. And there are no options for him to find a job in the city: “No, you can’t get a job in Suvorov. Firstly, because there are contractions everywhere. Basically, they focus on the healthy and energetic. And all the places that are actually seated are occupied only by those who have connections.”
We asked about “Accessible environment” in Suvorov: “In the socio-cultural sphere there are ramps, but not enough.” The wife joined the conversation again: “In general, they don’t want to build on Central, why?! And, Sorokin, in general. Like, demolished. They call it unpromising. They were going to build there. Then they changed their minds, it was unprofitable. Therefore, all residents from the small river are being relocated there, to Tula. And Central, it turns out, is generally considered inanimate.”
LISTEN TO PEOPLE
This is what the residents think of Suvorov and its surroundings. A small city, with good roads, lack of jobs, shopping centers under construction and a population leaving.
With good roads that fewer people need.
With management that some consider responsive and others find different.
The Tula Press liked talking to people, listening to people and understanding them.
And next time we will go to another city in the Tula region, whose residents probably also have something to tell about their troubles and victories.
Different cities, different people.
And maybe another city will be better, Suvorova.
Suvorov, according to our interlocutor, is a C-grade city. With a plus.
Art Museum
A very young museum, which was opened in 2001, however, despite its rather modest size, it has gained quite a lot of popularity among local art lovers and city guests. The museum mainly displays works by regional artists from different periods.
Particularly noteworthy are the paintings donated to the museum by Igor Aleksandrovich Mamaev, a fairly famous contemporary Russian artist. The opening of an art museum is an event of great importance for such a small town and indicates the high cultural level of the inhabitants.
House-Museum of A. Chekalin
Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin is a native of the Tula region, born in 1925 in the village of Peskovatskoye, Suvorovsky district. Since childhood, he was an excellent shot, was fond of hunting, and knew his way around the nearby forests well. In 1941, as a sixteen-year-old teenager, he joined the ranks of volunteers, and later ended up in a partisan detachment, whose commander was Teterichev.
It was while he was in the partisan detachment that Alexander became a scout; despite his young age, he, along with his elders, participated in collecting information about enemy troops, took part in ambushes and sabotage. One autumn, having caught a cold, Alexander returned to his home; the village head, seeing smoke from the chimney, reported this to the military commandant’s office. Soon the house was surrounded, and the partisan was asked to surrender, to which he responded with fire. After he ran out of ammunition, Alexander was captured, where he was subjected to terrible torture for several days.
Without revealing any information to the enemy, Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin was executed publicly in the city square. The memorial house-museum named after Alexander Chekalin was opened on the initiative of youth and Komsomol members in 1962. It contains the hero’s personal belongings, as well as information stands telling about the activities of the “Advanced” partisan detachment.
On an autumn October day, I boarded a Suvorov bus, which took me through the Oka fogs and broken roads to the turn to Ageevo. Sun was shining.
The Tula land of the Suvorov region greeted us with a monument to the miner in birch trees. The idyllic picture was disturbed only by the cawing of crows and an unpleasant smell - a city dump was located nearby on the site of a former mine.
When entering Suvorov from Kaluga, a magnificent view of the city opens up, or rather of the Cherepetskaya State District Power Plant, the city-forming enterprise of the region. For her sake, they founded a city, dug out now abandoned mines, built villages, a reservoir, laid tens of kilometers of railways, pipelines and power lines. Over time, brown coal ran out, or rather, it became unprofitable to extract it, the state district power station switched to imported high-calorie coal, and the villages began to fall into decay back in the 70s. In the 80s they were already like this, this is how I remembered them as a child.
The Shakhtarsky village is the first on the way. All villages are part of the rural settlement of Ageevo, Suvorovsky district, Tula region.
There is nothing to see in Shakhterskoye. There is a road of patches, houses on the sides, in the distance there is a waste heap - a pile of waste rock, all that remains of the mine, dogs are running. The breeze carries the aromas of garbage.
The store is abandoned...
Everything here is abandoned, but people live, abandoned.
Ageevo. The road leads to shabby two-story houses.
Victory Street - you can't go wrong.
Kindergarten "Bell". Here, teachers also like to play with garbage, landscaping the area with it, but in the surrounding reality such crafts look apocalyptic.
School... An ordinary school built in the 50s, I studied in one, only it was plastered.
State district power station in the distance
All that remains of the railway. They did not pull the rail out of the road; everything else was taken away. The line with numerous branches to the mines once began on the other side of the reservoir at the Zbrodovo station; all that remains of it are embankments and a couple of bridges.
The houses were initially built of low quality from cheap materials
Here's a new twist, and what it brings us...
Rynda is in place, the village is alive. Here, of course, there are no abandoned nine-story buildings like in Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but there is no radiation either.
Ageevsky. Local trade.
The abandoned tower still stands.
The first pleasant aroma is a bakery with fresh bread. A little further along the road there was a chair with a handwritten sign “TARANKA”. Try local cuisine.
The village is alive.
One of the bays of the Suvorov Reservoir between Ageevo and Central.
An abandoned railway bridge, now a place for good fishing.
The water here is clean, there is a lot of fish, but upstream the river is dammed by another dam, which formed a huge Sbrodovsky pond, where water with ash from the power plant flows through pipes, it is still ahead.
The war monument is quite abandoned. Why it is crowned not by a standard five-pointed star, but by some kind of sun with 12 rays. Behind the monument is what appears to be a former recreation center, the walls are still intact
Oddly enough, against the backdrop of the surrounding devastation, the Cherepetskaya State District Power Plant is experiencing a rebirth. The Russian economy is growing, more and more electricity is required, especially for our Kaluga region, which is the leader in the growth of energy consumption in Russia. In addition to the two existing ones, a third power unit is being actively built, equipment is already being installed in it, a pipe and a cooling tower have been built, and the second one is being completed.
Tsentralny Village - in this form it should be placed on signs on both sides.
The village is gradually dying, the residents are being moved to new apartments in the city of Suvorov, which the residents themselves are not very happy about - only drunks are left in the villages. However, not everything is so terrible...
There is gas
There is a monument to the bather. From a distance, you might think that this is an antique statue in the form of a naked girl, just like in the Louvre.
Unfortunately, only the girl survived. The rest of the sculptures stood disabled 20 years ago. And about a year ago (possibly after a visit from bloggers) the sculptures were demolished, there were still 5 of them left: pioneers, a girl with an oar, miners, builders went into oblivion.
It is not very clear why evicted houses are not demolished.
A building that is always well maintained, even in the 90s... What is there remains a mystery to me, apparently a colony.
Nothing has changed in the village in 25 years, only Soyuzpechat became Rospechat
Photos of the Tula region
But even in such a hole there are sprouts of a bright capitalist future
Palace of Culture, suddenly. In reality, it’s a palace in the middle of ruins.
MUCKDiK is decorated with a star and Smeshariki.
World of news
The endless nobility and generosity of the Tula governor V.S. Gruzdev shocked me once again. An original gift in the form of a children's playground with church domes from a simple, modest governor. Now children have a place and someone to pray to. Make-believe.
Support for domestic manufacturers.
Then my journey on foot continued through the villages of the Suvorov region, I went to my father’s small homeland.
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Suvorov Museum of Local Lore
The museum begins its history in 1967; its opening was timed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Soviet power. The museum itself is quite small; it is a small one-story house with three halls. The museum building often hosts meetings with war veterans, various interesting people, and excursions for school students. The exhibition “Provincial Antiquities” is of particular interest. It allows you to plunge into the life of people who lived on this land in the last century. Among the exhibits are many products made of wood, clay, castings, household items, etc.
Most of them were rescued directly by museum workers during historical and everyday expeditions in the Suvorov region. The museum also contributes to the cultural development of the city; many clubs and associations for young people of all ages successfully operate on its territory.
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- ^ ab Law No. 954-ZTO defines a city of regional subordination as a city that is part of one of the districts of the region. OKATO lists the city of Suvorov as part of the Suvorovsky district and separately from other administrative units of the district.
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. Federal State Statistics Service. - "26. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
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Code 70 240 501 , as amended by Amendment No. 278/2015 of 01/01/2016). - ^ abcd Law No. 558-ZTO
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“The population of Russia, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as part of federal districts, urban settlements, settlements, settlements is 3 thousand or more people” [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal districts, districts Urban settlements, rural settlements - administrative centers and rural settlements with a population of over 3,000] (XLS). All-Russian Population Census 2002
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Victory Memorial
There is probably no city in Russia in which there would not be a monument to the soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War. In Suvorov there is also a full-fledged memorial complex dedicated to the Feat of Soviet soldiers. It includes a mass grave in which war dead are buried, where townspeople regularly bring fresh flowers.
Eternal flame and stele in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The authors of the memorial complex were: architect Yu.N. Timokhin and Sculptor M.V. Prokofiev. Of particular note is the Alley of Heroes, also included in the Victory Memorial.
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