DISTRICT / AIMAG
Kalman District
REGION
Altai Krai
Buranovo
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Buranovo is located in Kalman District, Altai Krai; the first documentary information about the village dates to 1749, when, according to an 1850 record, the peasant Leonty Panfilov arrived with his children from Ustyug and was settled at the Kolyvan plant in the village of Buranova. The 1763 revision recorded 40 male souls; in 1795, 62 men lived there and the village entered Barnaul Volost; in 1811, 90 men were recorded, and from 1824 the village was in Shadrinsk Volost, Barnaul Uyezd. In 1834, 113 men lived there, and in 1858, 147; early surnames mentioned include Ustinov, Romanov, Shelygin, Konyshev, and Sukhanov. In 1917 the village was assigned to Barnaul Uyezd of Altai Governorate, and in 1920 it entered Kalmanskaya Volost; that year the first commune was organized, later transformed into the kolkhoz “Pobeda Frunzentsev”; the kolkhozes “Sovetskaya Sibir,” “Pobeda Oktyabrya,” and the kolkhoz named after V.K. Blyukher were also created. In 1935 the selo entered the newly formed Kalman District; in 1950 three kolkhozes were merged into “Pobeda Oktyabrya,” and in 1971 into the sovkhoz “Priobrezhny”; in the 1960s grain growing and animal husbandry developed, and agricultural land covered 42,559 ha. In 2003 the sovkhoz was transformed into an agricultural production cooperative, and in 2008 it ceased to exist; the federal highway A-322 passes through the selo. As of 1 April 2026, the population was 157.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo contains a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, built in 1968 at 17 Erusheva Street, registration number 221610476010005, and a mass grave of fighters who died for Soviet power, created in 1924 in the cemetery, registration number 221610468020005. The selo also has the Church of the Holy Trinity; according to April 2026 data, it houses an icon of Matrona of Moscow with particles of relics.
Natural surroundings
The selo lies in a riverside zone by the Ob River and the Buranikha River; the distance to the district centre Kalmanka is 17 km, and to Barnaul is 36 km.
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo contains a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, built in 1968 at 17 Erusheva Street, registration number 221610476010005, and a mass grave of fighters who died for Soviet power, created in 1924 in the cemetery, registration number 221610468020005. The selo also has the Church of the Holy Trinity; according to April 2026 data, it houses an icon of Matrona of Moscow with particles of relics.
Living culture and memory
According to one legend, the first resident was the Don Cossack Ivan Savelyevich Buranov, who built a house on the bank of a small river in the forest; other settlers joined him, and when asked where they were settling, they answered “to Buranov,” which gave the selo its name. The artist Nikolai Vasilievich Erushev (1890–1972), Honored Art Worker of the Mordov ASSR, spent his last years in the selo; one street is named after him. In 2024 the selo celebrated its 275th anniversary, and in 2025 a football tournament in memory of Nikolai Volkhin, a participant in the special military operation, appeared, with a minute of silence and flowers laid at his grave. According to 2023 data, there was a reconciliation tradition involving sitting on a bench under a rowan bush; the trademark “Traditions of the Selo of Buranovo” is registered, producing handmade frozen semi-finished products from local raw materials. The vocal ensemble Sudarushki was active and took part in the 2020 festival “Rainbow of Young Talents of Russia”; in 2023 the selo house of culture was liquidated. Russian cuisine is represented in the food culture.
