Voskresensky District is a northern, forested district of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The soils are clay, sandy, and boggy. The district has been recognized as a particularly ecologically clean district; large nature reserves and the Voskresenskoye Povetluzhye Nature Park have been established here.
It is located in the northeastern part of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. To the south it borders the Borsky District, Vorotynsky District, and Lyskovsky District Districts; to the west, the Semyonovsky District District; to the north, the Tonkinsky and Krasnobakovskiy District Districts; and to the east, the Sharangsky District and the Republic of Mari El.
The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Voskresenskoye.
From the history
The first settlers arrived in the territory of the Voskresensky region in the third millennium BC. These were tribes whose way of life was based on hunting and fishing.
Russian settlers began penetrating the banks of the Vetluga River — in ancient times inhabited by the Mari — in the 12th–14th centuries, with the main wave of colonization occurring in the 17th century. The village of Voskresenskoye, originally known as Ilyinskoye, is first mentioned in historical chronicles dating to 1614. Over the following centuries, by the second half of the 19th century, the village had grown into a major trading center with its own fair, which was fairly well known in the surrounding area. Among the prominent timber merchants of that era were the Voskresenskoye merchants Belyaev, Shagin, Zelenov, Vilkov, and Shurtygyn.
Sights
Voskresensky District possesses numerous historical, cultural, and architectural monuments.
On the territory of Voskresensky District there is an archaeological site dating to the Early Iron Age (7th–5th centuries BC) — the Rusenikha hillfort. Running along the right bank of the Vetluga River, it is one of the few archaeological sites in the northern part of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The most famous attraction of the Voskresensky region is the picturesque Svetloyar — the jewel of the Nizhny Novgorod land and of Russia. Lake Svetloyar lies near the village of Vladimirskoye. The lake is not only a natural monument of federal significance, but also a site of cultural recreation for the residents of Voskresenskoye and visitors to the district. The lake is called the Russian Atlantis, as its history is shrouded in numerous legends collected in a volume compiled by V. N. Morokhin. The main Svetloyar legend concerns the invisible city of Kitezh, which tells of a city miraculously swallowed by water during the invasion of Khan Batu.
Whatever the truth of the matter, Svetloyar is enchantingly beautiful. Perfectly oval in shape, with a transparent, glassy surface, nestled in a hollow at the foot of a steep wooded slope, the lake leaves no one indifferent to its mysterious, quiet, and extraordinary beauty. The water of Svetloyar is remarkable: stored in a vessel, it retains its exceptional clarity, transparency, and taste for a very long time. This has earned it a reputation as holy water far beyond the borders of the region. Svetloyar is fed by springs welling up from its bed. The depth of the lake reaches 29.7 m in places.
In the village of Galibikha in Voskresensky District, right on the bank of the Vetluga River, stands the estate of the Levashov landowners — a complex of buildings and woodland plantings dating to the second half of the 19th century. The history of this family is closely intertwined with the history of the Makaryev zemstvo and with the development of education and culture in these lands during both the 19th and the early 20th centuries.
Among the historical and architectural monuments is also a wooden winter church in the village of Troitskoye. Its construction was completed in 1712, making it the oldest surviving religious building in the district.
In addition to these churches, which are listed cultural monuments, there are four more churches that are historical landmarks of the district: the Bogorodskaya, Shurgovashskaya, and Nestiarskaya churches, and the church in the village of Budilikh — the only Old Believer temple in the district and the center of the schismatic community in Voskresensky District.
The district also contains the Voskresenskoye Povetluzhye Nature Park Nature Park, which, alongside Svetloyar, attracts tourists.
Municipal formations (MF) of the district
The district comprises 11 Municipal entity:
- Voskresenskoye Workers' Settlement
- Blagoveshchensky rural soviet - center vil. Astashikha
- Bogorodsky rural soviet - center selo Bogorodskoye
- Vladimirsky rural soviet - center selo Vladimirskoye
- Vozdvizhensky rural soviet - center selo Vozdvizhensky
- Glukhovsky rural soviet - center selo Glukhovo
- Yegorovsky rural soviet - center vil. Yegorovo
- Kapustikhinskiy rural soviet - center workers' settlement Voskresenskoye
- Nakhratovsky rural soviet - center vil. Marfino
- Nestiarsky rural soviet - center selo Nestiary
- Staroustinskiy rural soviet - center selo Staroustye
In some regions of the Russian Federation, the term "rural soviet" (selsovet) survives as a synonym for rural settlement or is used simply in place names.
Localities of Voskresensky District
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Contacts
- Head of local government: Bezdenezhnykh Alexander Vitalyevich
- Head of administration: Privalov Vadim Vasilyevich
- Postal address: 606730, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Voskresensky District, urban-type settlement Voskresenskoye, Lenin Square, 1.
- Phone: (83163) 9-21-50
- Fax: (83163) 9-16-44
- E-mail: official@adm.vsk.nnov.ru