What should Narimanov of the future be like: Soviet plans

Narimanov

(Astrakhan region)

OKATO code:
12240501
Founded: Urban settlement since:
1967
City since:
1984 City of district subordination (Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region)
Center:
Narimanovsky district
The city was formerly called:

Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
1
Geographic latitude:
46°41′
Geographic longitude:
47°51′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
0 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Narimanov

About unknown photos of Nariman Narimanov

In the book by Nagaikina S.I.
Previously unknown images of N.Narimanov were found. and Klimashevskaya S.I. The Astrakhan State United Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve held a round table “Photography as a chronicle of the history of the Astrakhan region.”
The occasion was several remarkable anniversaries. Here is the 170th anniversary of the birth of S.I. Klimashevskaya, perhaps the most venerable Astrakhan photographer of the pre-October era, and 160 years since the discovery of S.M. Vishnevsky of the first photo studio in Astrakhan, 110 years since the first electric photograph “Jupiter” appeared in Astrakhan.

But, perhaps, the main hero of the occasion was S.I. Nagaikina is the author of the book “Photography in Astrakhan,” which is very popular among local historians and simply lovers of antiquity. 1861-1920,” a good ten years have passed since its first publication.

The participants of the round table were well-known experts in the field of art history (Emelina M.V., Zakharova R.A., Vataman V.P.), history of architecture (Rubtsova S.S.), archival affairs (Shalatskaya E.P., Pugacheva N.A.), history of medicine (Levina T.A.), as well as philocartist collectors Stepanov S.Yu., Minaev A.P., Katrutsa M.Yu., Petrushkin V.K. and Lvov S.G. - your humble servant.

Despite the enormous amount of information (nine reports were presented!) the listeners did not get tired and actively commented on what was happening until the very end. The reason is simple: not random people gathered to talk about their favorite topic, but real enthusiastic collectors - the happiest people on earth.

To make it easier to understand, the museum released a nice program, which turned out to be very useful. It lists all the titles of the reports and their authors.

S.I. Nagaikina and I saved the most cherished thing for the report at the round table: a new reading of the book - the hero of the day “Photography in Astrakhan”, which, along with other advantages, also turned out to be a treasure trove of unexpected discoveries.

Let me remind you of the background.

On December 11, 2021, I took part in an international round table dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Nariman Narimanov, via video conferencing Astrakhan-Baku. Officials, leaders of the Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region and the Narimanovsky district of Baku, and public figures spoke at the event.

During the event, I spoke “About the Astrakhan period in the life of the outstanding political figure, writer, playwright and doctor Nariman Narimanov (1909-1913).

During the research, it turned out that the family of Narimanov N.N. (and he was forced for family reasons to arrive in Astrakhan exile along with his eight nephews!) was housed in an apartment building owned by S.I. Klimashevskaya, which was located on the street. Staro-Kuznechnaya (now Shaumyan Street). The rear façade of this house overlooked the courtyard of the main building of her famous photograph, facing the Varvatsievsky Canal Embankment.

Apparently, Nariman Narimanov highly valued Stanislava Ivanovna as a competent professional photographer. His photo, taken in Klimashevskaya’s studio in 1912, is shown on many reference sites and is considered by many to be one of the best.

But another important area of ​​cooperation has been identified by S.I. Klimashevskaya. and Narimanova N.N. As it turned out, they successfully worked in the Astrakhan branch of the “League against Tuberculosis” and actively participated in all its charitable events, including the organization and holding of “White Flower Days”.

While preparing for the report, we managed to find a previously unknown photo of S.I. Klimashevskaya on Wikipedia, which appeared there thanks to the publication of materials from the State Historical Museum on the First Congress of Russian Photographers in Moscow in 1896.

It was S.I. Klimashevskaya who took part in the work of this congress from the Astrakhan province.

This is a photo of S.I. Klimashevskaya. made it possible to guess her image in the book by S.I. Nagaikina in the previously anonymous “Portrait of a Lady, 1900s,” photographed by A. Vishnevskaya.

A revelation was the careful analysis of the group photo of S.I. Klimashevskaya “Organizers of the “League to Fight Tuberculosis” 12.4.1912”, where N.N. Narimanov was recognized in the second row from top right, and S.I. Klimashevskaya was recognized in the fourth row from top left.

During the research, many new facts were revealed from the life of Nariman Narimanov in the Astrakhan province, but we are saving them for the next “Local History Readings”. It won't be long until the end of May.

, historian (published with minor abbreviations)

Map

Narimanov: photo from space (Google Maps) Narimanov: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)

a brief description of

The city is located on the Caspian lowland, on the right bank of the Volga, 40 km from the railway. Trusovo station on the Astrakhan-Gudermes line, 48 km northwest of Astrakhan. Highway (Astrakhan - Volgograd).

Territory (sq. km): 28

Information about the city of Narimanov on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

Originally the village of Nizhnevolzhskoe; name for its location in the lower reaches of the Volga. In 1967, the village was transformed into the working settlement of Nizhnevolzhsk, which on March 31, 1983 became the center of the Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region (before that the city of Astrakhan was the center of the district).

On October 19, 1984, the town of Nizhnevolzhsk was transformed into a city and named after the district after the name of the Soviet state and party leader N.N. Nariman Kerbalay oglu Narimanov (1870-1925).

Municipal indicators

Data sources:

1. Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.

Economy

(production of block modules for the top structures of floating drilling rigs).

Main enterprises

SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

JSC Shipbuilding
416135, Astrakhan region, Narimanovsky district, Narimanov,
Offers:
Ships, ship repairs, platforms for drilling wells

What should Narimanov of the future be like: Soviet plans

We always suspected that the city of Narimanov, located 40 kilometers north of Astrakhan, was not as simple as it might seem, and was conceived to be somewhat larger than what ended up being the case. After digging through the archives, Watermelon discovered that this was so. In the minds of Soviet architects who developed the then small (3,400 people) village of Nizhnevolzhsky, which appeared as a result of the construction of a water divider (we will talk about it next time), it was supposed to become the second largest in the region and the most modern. We offer a look into the future, which never became the present.

The impetus for turning the village of Nizhnevolzhsky into a city was the construction of a large shipbuilding plant next to it. The same one on the basis of which a special economic zone of the same name has now been organized. It was assumed that by 1990 the first stage of the plant would be launched, which would cause an increase in the population of Narimanov to 27.5 thousand people. In 2000, according to the ideas of Soviet planners of the 80s, Narimanov was supposed to become the second largest city in the Astrakhan region - with 50 thousand inhabitants.

For comparison: now the second largest city in our region is Akhtubinsk, with a population of about 38 thousand people. Narimanov now has 11 thousand inhabitants.

What the beautiful Narimanov of the future should have looked like can be easily understood from the surviving sketches of Soviet architects used as illustrations for this text. The city, according to the plan, was supposed to stretch along the Volga, and low administrative buildings located on wide avenues were supposed to be adjacent to multi-story buildings. In order to estimate the approximate size of all this, it is enough to know that initially as many as four microdistricts were planned in Narimanov.

Unfortunately, the main construction began only in the late 80s and immediately faced cuts in funding limits due to the deteriorating economic situation in the country. The builders did not lose optimism and erected new buildings, but then the work was abruptly stopped. Leaving only some unfinished projects in memory of grandiose plans.

One of the clearest indications that Narimanov was supposed to become much larger than it eventually became is the bypass road around the city. Now the federal highway R-22 “Caspian” runs right through the settlement, but according to plans there should be a central street in this place. And the transit transport was supposed to be sent along a different route, which was almost completed and partially asphalted. It is still clearly visible on satellite maps:

Bypass road around the town of Narimanov

Notice how much larger it is than the contours of the real Narimanov. It was to such a scale that the most modern city in the region was supposed to expand. One of the most interesting sections of this bypass road is its intersection with the railway, which is now used only for the delivery of goods to. A whole bridge was built in this place. Yes, yes, while in the regional center thousands of people wait for their turn at crossings, in Narimanov a little-used railway crosses an unfinished bypass bridge. This is what it looks like now:

Photo: Valery Smirnov / astraoracle.livejournal.com

Photo: Valery Smirnov / astraoracle.livejournal.com

If you look into the Soviet plans, it becomes clear why this was done. They wanted to make the railway line much busier and built it not only to, but also for the residents of the city. It was supposed to have a passenger railway station. Thus, residents of Narimanov of the future could get to Astrakhan using three types of transport: bus (to some extent remained, only in the form of minibuses), river (it seems they even managed to launch it) and railway (never came true). In principle, for a city of 50 thousand people, as it was planned, this is quite normal.

They also paid attention to landscaping. “A sports complex with three thousand seats, an indoor gym, a swimming pool and other facilities were also planned for construction in the village. The project envisaged the creation of a cultural and recreation park, where there would be a summer cinema, a dance floor, various playgrounds, and attractions for children and adults. The architectural and planning composition of the park is designed in conjunction with pedestrian boulevards and the Volga embankment,” as stated in the book “History of the construction industry of the Astrakhan region.” All this was done with the expectation that mostly young people with relevant interests and needs would live in Narimanov.

In general, although the plans were bold, they were very logical. According to the plan, builders were supposed to settle in Narimanov and gradually become its qualified workers. And for this purpose, it was initially designed not as a temporary settlement with barracks, but as a modern city with developed infrastructure, a clear layout and the possibility of further development. Unfortunately, all this happened during difficult years for the country’s economy, when there was no time for the future. But who knows, maybe the old plans will still have to be dusted off?

Population

Climate

• Average annual air temperature - 11.6 °C
• Relative air humidity - 59.0%
• Average wind speed - 3.9 m/s

Notes

1. ↑ 12
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2. [mo.astrobl.ru/gorodnarimanov/obshchie-svedeniya General information | Narimanov city]
3. [www.retscreen.net/ru/home.php NASA. RETScreen Database]
4. ↑ 123
   [mo.astrobl.ru/gorodnarimanov/istoricheskaya-spravka Historical information | Narimanov city]
5. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1989. Urban population]. [www.webcitation.org/617x0o0Pa Archived from the original on August 22, 2011].
6. ↑ 123456
   www.MojGorod.ru/astrahan_obl/narimanov/index.html People's encyclopedia “My City”. Narimanov (city)
7. [www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls All-Russian Population Census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more]. [www.webcitation.org/65AdCU0q3 Archived from the original on February 3, 2012].
8. [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B09_109/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/tabl-21-09.xls Number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009]. Retrieved January 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6MJmu0z1u Archived from the original on January 2, 2014].
9. [astrastat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/astrastat/resources/f8fd6a004e9c2051afc3bfa638e2bbf1/1.+Number+and+location+of the+population+of the Astrakhan+region.pdf All-Russian population census 2010. 1. Number and distribution of the population of the Astrakhan region]. Retrieved May 11, 2015. [www.webcitation.org/6YS1B8hDL Archived from the original on May 11, 2015].
10. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2012/bul_dr/mun_obr2012.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012]. Retrieved May 31, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6PyOWbdMc Archived from the original on May 31, 2014].
11. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2013/bul_dr/mun_obr2013.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements)]. Retrieved November 16, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6LAdCWSxH Archived from the original on November 16, 2013].
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Excerpt characterizing Narimanov (city)

“I want to try singing again,” she said. “It’s still a job,” she added, as if apologizing. - And wonderful. – I’m so glad you came! I'm so happy today! - she said with the same animation that Pierre had not seen in her for a long time. – You know, Nicolas received the St. George Cross. I'm so proud of him. - Well, I sent an order. Well, I don’t want to disturb you,” he added and wanted to go into the living room. Natasha stopped him. - Count, is it bad that I sing? - she said, blushing, but without taking her eyes off, looking questioningly at Pierre. - No... Why? On the contrary... But why are you asking me? “I don’t know myself,” Natasha quickly answered, “but I wouldn’t want to do anything that you wouldn’t like.” I believe you in everything. You don’t know how important you are to me and how much you have done for me!..” She spoke quickly and not noticing how Pierre blushed at these words. “I saw in the same order, he, Bolkonsky (she said this word quickly, in a whisper), he is in Russia and is serving again. “What do you think,” she said quickly, apparently in a hurry to speak because she was afraid for her strength, “will he ever forgive me?” Will he have any ill feelings against me? How do you think? How do you think? “I think...” said Pierre. “He has nothing to forgive... If I were in his place...” Through the connection of memories, Pierre’s imagination instantly transported him to the time when, comforting her, he told her that if he were not he, but the best person in the world and free , then he would be on his knees asking for her hand, and the same feeling of pity, tenderness, love would overcome him, and the same words would be on his lips. But she didn't give him time to say them. “Yes, you are,” she said, pronouncing this word “you” with delight, “another matter.” I don’t know a kinder, more generous, better person than you, and there cannot be one. If you had not been there then, and even now, I don’t know what would have happened to me, because... - Tears suddenly poured into her eyes; she turned, raised the notes to her eyes, began to sing and began to walk around the hall again. At the same time, Petya ran out of the living room. Petya was now a handsome, ruddy fifteen-year-old boy with thick, red lips, similar to Natasha. He was preparing for university, but recently, with his comrade Obolensky, he secretly decided that he would join the hussars. Petya ran out to his namesake to talk about the matter. He asked him to find out if he would be accepted into the hussars. Pierre walked through the living room, not listening to Petya. Petya tugged at his hand to attract his attention. - Well, what’s my business, Pyotr Kirilych. For God's sake! There is only hope for you,” said Petya. - Oh yes, it's your business. To the hussars? I'll tell you, I'll tell you. I'll tell you everything today. - Well, mon cher, did you get the manifesto? - asked the old count. - And the countess was at mass at the Razumovskys, she heard a new prayer. Very good, he says. “Got it,” answered Pierre. - Tomorrow the sovereign will be... An extraordinary meeting of the nobility and, they say, a set of ten out of a thousand. Yes, congratulations. - Yes, yes, thank God. Well, what about the army? “Our people retreated again.” They say it’s already near Smolensk,” Pierre answered. - My God, my God! - said the count. -Where is the manifesto? - Appeal! Oh yes! - Pierre began to look in his pockets for papers and could not find them. Continuing to pat his pockets, he kissed the hand of the countess as she entered and looked around restlessly, apparently waiting for Natasha, who was no longer singing, but also did not come into the living room. “By God, I don’t know where I put him,” he said. “Well, he’ll always lose everything,” said the countess. Natasha came in with a softened, excited face and sat down, silently looking at Pierre. As soon as she entered the room, Pierre's face, previously gloomy, lit up, and he, continuing to look for papers, glanced at her several times. - By God, I’ll move out, I forgot at home. Definitely... - Well, you'll be late for dinner. - Oh, and the coachman left. But Sonya, who went into the hallway to look for the papers, found them in Pierre’s hat, where he carefully placed them in the lining. Pierre wanted to read. “No, after dinner,” said the old count, apparently anticipating great pleasure in this reading. At dinner, during which they drank champagne to the health of the new Knight of St. George, Shinshin told city news about the illness of the old Georgian princess, that Metivier had disappeared from Moscow, and that some German had been brought to Rastopchin and told him that it was champignon (as Count Rastopchin himself told), and how Count Rastopchin ordered the champignon to be released, telling the people that it was not a champignon, but just an old German mushroom. “They’re grabbing, they’re grabbing,” said the count, “I tell the countess to speak less French.” Now is not the time. -Have you heard? - said Shinshin. - Prince Golitsyn took a Russian teacher, he studies in Russian - il commence a devenir dangereux de parler francais dans les rues. [it becomes dangerous to speak French on the streets.] - Well, Count Pyotr Kirilych, how will they gather the militia, and you will have to mount your horse? - said the old count, turning to Pierre. Pierre was silent and thoughtful throughout this dinner. He looked at the count as if not understanding at this address. “Yes, yes, to war,” he said, “no!” What a warrior I am! But everything is so strange, so strange! Yes, I don’t understand it myself. I don’t know, I’m so far from military tastes, but in modern times no one can answer for themselves. After dinner, the count sat quietly in a chair and with a serious face asked Sonya, famous for her reading skills, to read.