The history of the city of Gryazi dates back to the 17th-18th centuries, and the year of its foundation is considered to be 1868. It is located 20 km from Lipetsk on the Matyr, a river whose banks were settled by the Eastern Slavs about a thousand years ago.
Where did such a dissonant name come from, what terrible name did this settlement almost receive during the Soviet years, and what to see in the city?
“What a mess!”
There is an interesting legend regarding the origin of the toponym. About eight years before the founding of St. Petersburg, the Great Reformer passed by the places where the city arose much later. At the end of the 17th century, he often traveled there, inspired by the plan for the construction of ships for the Azov Fleet.
And then the imperial carriage stopped, stuck in the rich black soil. Peter got out of the carriage and, being the owner of rare strength, pulled the vehicle out of the mud without any help. Hence the name of the village, on the site of which today stands one of the cities of the Lipetsk region.
However, the story is about how Pyotr Alekseevich shouted in annoyance, “What a mess!” during an unscheduled stop is just a legend.
Foundation of the city
A more truthful story, however, which does not shed light on the origin of the name Gryazi, dates back to the 60s of the XIX century, during the reign of Alexander II. Pavel Petrovich Melnikov, then Minister of Railways, began to fight the notorious Russian impassability. As part of this struggle, he developed a project for the construction of 14 large railways, one of which was supposed to pass by Dmitrievka (now Pervomaiskaya Street).
Already in the summer of 1968, passenger trains began operating. And the village located nearby was called Gryazi. Probably, it’s all about the black soil, which in slushy weather is not the most pleasant sight.
The village of Gryazi gradually turned into a large railway junction. From here trains went to Moscow, Orel, Rostov, Tsaritsyn (that is, Volgograd).
On the territory of the village there was a fairground, hotels, taverns, a wine warehouse, grocery stores, parish and private schools. About 1,500 thousand people lived in it.
In the photo of the city of Gryazi from the 19th century, of course, you won’t recognize the current regional center. The picture below shows the station of the same name.
And this is what the station in the city of Gryazi looks like today.
The history of this building begins in 1883. At the end of the 19th century it was one of the most beautiful railway stations in the country.
Lines to Borisoglebsk and Yelets stretched from Gryazi back in 1869.
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Eskender
10/14/2021 at 19:45Answer
We came here temporarily, of course, I’ve been here for 2 years. Well, I want to leave here quickly. There is no entertainment for children. Gypsies are larger than Russians. Drug addicts. Scammers, in short, and the people are very evil.
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Alla Alabugina
We moved from the north to Gryazi, Lipetsk region in 2012. We came to buy just a house to go out and relax with our children and grandchildren for the summer. But we really liked it here and decided to move here permanently. Neither I nor my children and grandchildren We regret it. The children and grandchildren settled in Lipetsk, and I am in Gryazi in a private house. I also have an apartment here, but after I lived in the house, I am no longer drawn to the apartment. Many northerners from different regions live here, with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc. And there are also a lot of gypsies. But they don’t seem to bother us from living here. There’s not much crime, except maybe there are isolated ones somewhere. And it’s a quiet, clean town. There are two hospitals, a central district hospital and Railway. Good transport links with Lipetsk, Tambov, Orel and others. Junction railway station, through which almost all trains pass, a beautiful railway station.. There is an equipped city beach near the Matyra River, two large churches. Shopping centers, Line, Pyaterochka, Magnets , Iceberg, large construction centers, etc. A good large market, a swimming pool and other entertainment centers. As well as parks where events are held, such as the Day of the Elderly, with concerts. and a catering kitchen for the elderly. It has its own Red Square, where festive events take place. The Alley of Heroes and the eternal flame for those who died during the Second World War. They opened a new House of Creativity and nearby a new large colorful children's playground. And many more can be listed about the attractions of this city. It grows here absolutely everything, from potatoes to grapes and watermelons. We don’t regret at all that we changed the big city in the north to Gryazi.
Ksyukha
Village! Everyone works thanks to Lipetsk. People are angry, quarrelsome, and all around are show-offs. There is nowhere to go. Housing is available because there is no work at all. Everyone survives as best they can. We moved to Gryazi 10 years ago, we really regret it.
glafira
https://www.komandirovka.ru/cities/gryazi/reviews/
The cities of the Lipetsk region are very interesting and each has its own history! I want to talk about GRYAZI! I COME TO GRYAZI EVERY SUMMER AND ENJOY THE HEAT! AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GRYAZINSKAYA HEAT - SPECIAL! There is a city beach! An excellent beach on the shore of a clean river MATYRA.But... there is a very sad prosperity of youth, beach holidays - young selective swearing!! obscenity spills out of the mouths of 7-... years old! regardless of those around... and, you conclude, no matter how much you throw pearls before a swine, you still won’t see!! which is VERY SAD!! I was talking with one very smart 2nd grade boy. To my question, DO YOU LIKE IT AT SCHOOL? the answer is NO! teacher Olga Vyacheslavovna ARET is always on us! (AND I WROTE A SPECIAL ABOUT TEACHERS WITH A SMALL LETTER).OR IS ALSO AN INCREASE TO UNCENSORED!! TO BITTERNESS!AND I WANTED TO ASK THE TEACHER, WERE YOU AND YOUR CLASS IN THE THEATER?Yes!! in LIPETSK!!!! AND YOU YOURSELF, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? ARRANGING IS NOT DIFFICULT, BUT TEACHING TO THE BEAUTIFUL AND CORRECT IS WORK! AND YOU, DEAR PARENTS, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PURPENITY OF YOUR CHILD'S SPEECH!!WHEN YOU WAS with him in the theaterB in the museumB at exhibitions at concerts, cinema, the last time? don’t remember? ah! EGYPT, TURKEY...YOU ARE THE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION OF DIRT! I RECOMMEND THAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MANDATORY TO VISIT THE THEATER AT LEAST 4 TIMES A YEAR! 1 TIME PER QUARTER !I THINK THIS SHOULD HELP, EVEN NOT EVERY TEENAGE CHILD, BE CLEANER AND MORE CULTURAL IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF DIRT! THANK YOU!!
Guest
https://www.komandirovka.ru/cities/gryazi/reviews/
I love my city. Gryazin people, our city is cool.
Anonymous
https://www.domofond.ru/city-ratings/gryazi-c1089
-There is no playground, the yard is not landscaped at all
-Roads, high cost of utilities, lack of decent places for families to relax
-The roads are broken. few playgrounds and sports grounds
-No playgrounds at all, public services work poorly
darkyann
https://back2russia.net/index.php?/topic/1414-poezdka-v-gryazi/
Three months ago we moved to Gryazi. What can I say - the town is small, there is not much to do here, but it is clean and the air, in my opinion, is cleaner than in Lipetsk. As for housing, it’s definitely cheaper than in Lipetsk! Actually, that’s why we bought a house in Gryazi. My husband is categorically against an apartment, and houses in Gryazi are more affordable.
Guest
https://www.komandirovka.ru/cities/gryazi/reviews/
The city of Gryazi is the center of our vast Russia in terms of the number of entertainment centers, cafes, baths, there are also a lot of events for children and all this thanks to our administration. Some remote areas such as Tavolzhanka, Gryazi-Orlovskiye are park recreation areas of our city, people are huddled there every weekend to get aesthetic pleasure from nature. Come and relax with us WE WILL BE GLAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nikolai
https://back2russia.net/index.php?/topic/1414-poezdka-v-gryazi/
A good city! I come very often! Calm and quiet!
Anonymous
https://www.domofond.ru/city-ratings/gryazi-c1089
-Roads
-Modern playgrounds should be equipped near apartment buildings. There is no place for children to play. It should be cleaner, garbage should be taken out more often. The roads are bad. The entrances are terrible, without repair.
-There are few normal places to relax and walk with children
-there is no asphalt on my street
Maxim Motov
https://otvet.mail.ru/question/14550763
Well, Gryazi is a relatively small regional center!! ! Don't let the name scare you, the city's municipal cleaning services do a relatively good job!! ! Most of the population goes to work to Lipetsk, which is about 25 kilometers away, an economic zone is being built between Gryazi and Lipetsk, so far there are only two or three enterprises there, but it is planned to create 12 thousand jobs!! ! I can’t say about housing prices since I’m from Lipetsk
Natasha
https://ru.esosedi.org/RU/LIP/174594/Gryazi/#lat=52489147&lng=39936848&z=11&mt=0&v=1
This is a wonderful city! So clean and cozy! I just adore him. My family and friends live here. Every year I come here and relax my soul, I don’t even need any resorts! This year I’ll come on June 9th! Can not wait!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
https://www.domofond.ru/city-ratings/gryazi-c1089
-Parking
-Children's playgrounds and their absence, parking lots, roads
-No chain food stores, no kindergarten, transport rarely runs in the evening
-Utility services need to collect garbage more often, make roads properly, repair them on time, it’s far from the kindergarten, far from the community center
Anastasia Kiryushkina
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The city of Gryazi is located in the Lipetsk region, within the Oka-Don Plain, on the Matyra River (the left tributary of Voronezh, Don basin), 30 km southeast of Lipetsk. 18 km from Gryazi, in the village of Gudalovka (now Plekhanov), where G.V. Plekhanov was born.
Gryazi-industrial suburb of Lipetsk. You can definitely find a job.
Vika
https://ru.esosedi.org/RU/LIP/174594/Gryazi/#lat=52489147&lng=39936848&z=11&mt=0&v=1
Our whole family moved to this city in 2008 - and we don’t regret a day! The city is a delight! I really like it: clean, tidy!
Soviet period and monuments
The name may not be the most sonorous, but it is much better than what was proposed by one party worker in 1938. This man wished that the city would bear the name of the “bloody dwarf” Nikolai Yezhov. And although among the local residents in that terrible year there were so-called enemies of the people, and almost all of them were shot, a vote held at the railway club showed that everyone liked the idea of a party apparatchik. They would try to oppose it.
Yezhov himself was soon also accused of treason. The muds have retained their historical name. By the way, in the same 38th settlement, and then 25 thousand people lived in it, received the status of a city.
20 years after the Great Victory, a monument to the “Unknown Soldier” was erected in the center.
Literally a few meters away is the main modern attraction of Gryazi. "Avenue of Heroes". The square was opened in 2000.
It occupies an area of 540 square meters. Consists of 19 memorial plaques with the names of soldiers, natives of the city of Gryazi.
Well, in the next photo there is a landmark that is in almost every Soviet city.
Gryazinsky Lenin was recently restored. He is smart, “gilded” and completely unlike the leader of the world proletariat.
A few more photos of the city
Dirt is not dirty at all. Well maintained, clean, cozy. It does not have the charm of Russian antiquity that is found in merchant Yelets or spiritual Zadonsk, but it is beautiful in its own way.
True, in the March photos the Muds may seem gloomy.
Park named after Flerov
Memorial of Military Glory
Avenue of Heroes
Monument "Requiem for a Steam Locomotive"
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Shopping center "Iceberg"
Matyra River
Culture Center
Cenotaph
Photos and attractions of the city of Livny, Lipetsk region
People associated with the city
- Belyaev, Albert Andreevich (born 1928), Russian writer and publicist;
- Mukhortov Alexander Sergeevich (born March 03, 1946), Honored Worker of Culture R.F. Founder and director of the pop ensemble "Melody". The ensemble has the honorary title “People’s”.
- On August 24 (September 6), 1917, at the Gryazi station, the Russian historian and phenologist, Prince Boris Vyazemsky, was killed by soldiers. This happened after, on his order, in order to prevent new destruction of his Lotarevo estate, the bridge on the dam with a drainage over the Baygora River was dismantled. Previously, on his Lotarevo estate, Prince Vyazemsky was actively involved in charitable and educational work. In 1911 he built a reinforced concrete bridge across the Baygora River, in 1914 - a power plant, in 1915 - a new school in Korobovka.
The French actress, his great-niece, Anna Vyazemsky (1947-2017) wrote the novel “A Handful of People” (Grand Prize of the French Academy for the novel, Renaudo Prize, choice of lyceum students), allegedly based on the diary of the author’s great-grandfather, the fictional Prince Vladimir Belogorodsky, which he kept before he was killed in August 1917. The history of Belogorodsky partly coincides with the biography of Prince Boris Vyazemsky.
