Novovoronezh
Novovoronezh is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River south of Voronezh. Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Novovoronezh City of [federal subject significance|Urban Okrug]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the administrative divisions of [Voronezh Oblast|districts]. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.Economy
The Novovoronezh [Nuclear Power Plant] is located in the town.History
Novovoronezh was established along with the start of the future nuclear power plant construction works in 1957. It was then called the urban settlement of Novo-Graessovsky, but renamed its current name later the same year.The first unit of 210 MW of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant was put into power on September 30, 1964.
From 1959 to 1963 Novovoronezh was the center of the Novovoronezh district, and its administrative status was upgraded from the urban settlement to a town in 1987.
In 2020, an ambiguous monument was erected in the city to the legendary founder of the city Alyonka, who, according to legend, found a good place and brought her fellow villagers there. Thanks to this monument, Novovoronezh became famous throughout Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The forged sculptural composition, which cost the city a million rubles and caused negative feedback from citizens, was dismantled three days after installation and later sold at auction for 2.6 million rubles. with a starting price of 1 million rubles. The updated monument to Alyonka, but already made of bronze, was opened on July 1, 2022.