Borovlyansky

According to archival data, Borovlyanka was established in 1922; the first houses were built as early as 1912 during the construction of the railway to Barnaul, and in 1921 the first locomotive, nicknamed "Kukushka" (Cuckoo), ran on the completed line. In 1920, the Borovlyansky rural council (selsoviet) was established by a decree of the Siberian Revolutionary Committee (Sibrevkom) dated 4 August. In the 1930s, a timber factory stood in the centre of Borovlyanka, surrounded by a plank fence with barbed wire and wooden guard towers; according to long-time residents, the factory was built by the first victims of Stalin's repressions. In late May 1942, a military forestry section for timber harvesting appeared near Borovlyanka, receiving people of various nationalities, most of whom were Germans from the Volga region; by a decree of the State Defence Committee of 7 October 1942, German women aged 16 to 45 were also conscripted into the labour army. In October 1942, a train carrying 209 children from the Leningrad Baby Home arrived in Borovlyanka; 88 children did not survive the first winter. In 2012, a memorial complex dedicated to these children was opened in the village. The settlement received its status and current name by a decision of the Troitsky District Executive Committee dated 11 May 1960. As of 1 April 2026, the population is 1,250. Notable figures include Vasily Ivanovich Belov, brigade leader of the Borovlyansky timber enterprise, who was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour in 1966 for success in fulfilling the seven-year plan for forestry development, and entrepreneur Nikolai Semyonovich Umanchuk, who was engaged in timber harvesting and processing, received the distinction "Honoured Master of Timber Harvesting," and was entered in the Book of Honour of the Borovlyansky timber enterprise.