DISTRICT / AIMAG
Kalman District
REGION
Altai Krai
Kalistratikha
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The selo of Kalistratikha is located in Kalman District, Altai Krai; it was founded in 1776. In the 1868 “List of Populated Places of the Russian Empire” it is mentioned as the factory village Kalistratikha of Barnaul Okrug, Tomsk Governorate, on the Ob River and the Kalistratikha River, with 40 households and 229 residents. In 1893, in the village of Shadrinsk Volost, Barnaul Uyezd, there were 167 households and 740 residents, with a textile and a general shop, four windmills, and a drinking establishment operating. By 1911 the selo Kalistratskoe had 345 households and 2,740 residents; a church, a literacy school, two textile shops and one general shop, three butter-making plants, and two windmills operated. In 1926 there were 651 households and 3,508 residents; a first-stage school, a reading hut, and a consumer society shop functioned. According to 2026 data, the population is 610.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo has a secondary general school, a cultural and leisure centre, and a library. It contains a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War at 14a Shkolnaya Street, built in 1977; marble plates list the names of 170 fallen soldiers, and the site was included in the war monuments list by Resolution No. 94 of the Altai Krai Soviet of People's Deputies dated 2 April 2001. At 1a Tsentralnaya Street there is a mass grave of fighters who died for Soviet power, created in 1920 and 1956, also a historical monument of regional significance. On the northeastern outskirts lies the Kalistratikha-III burial ground: on the left bank of the Ob, on the northern side of a large ravine; studies found a bronze spearhead of the Seima-Turbino type dated to the 21st–19th centuries BCE and items of a Mongol burial of the 12th–14th centuries, and excavations by Altai State University investigated five burials, three from the Bronze Age and two from the Mongol period. A church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1898, formerly existed in the selo.
Natural surroundings
The selo is located in the central part of Altai Krai, in the forest-steppe zone, in the northeast of the Priobskoye Plateau, on the banks of the Eraska River near its confluence with the Ob River. The distance to the district administrative centre, the selo of Kalmanka, is about 8 km in a straight line to the north-northeast; the absolute elevation is 148 m above sea level.
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo has a secondary general school, a cultural and leisure centre, and a library. It contains a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War at 14a Shkolnaya Street, built in 1977; marble plates list the names of 170 fallen soldiers, and the site was included in the war monuments list by Resolution No. 94 of the Altai Krai Soviet of People's Deputies dated 2 April 2001. At 1a Tsentralnaya Street there is a mass grave of fighters who died for Soviet power, created in 1920 and 1956, also a historical monument of regional significance. On the northeastern outskirts lies the Kalistratikha-III burial ground: on the left bank of the Ob, on the northern side of a large ravine; studies found a bronze spearhead of the Seima-Turbino type dated to the 21st–19th centuries BCE and items of a Mongol burial of the 12th–14th centuries, and excavations by Altai State University investigated five burials, three from the Bronze Age and two from the Mongol period. A church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1898, formerly existed in the selo.
Living culture and memory
Orthodoxy is widespread in the selo; Orthodox and state holidays of the Russian Federation are celebrated. Every year on 9 May villagers gather at the memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. Materials about the selo mention natives and residents who took part in the war: Petr Terentievich Kazakovtsev, Ilya Prokopevich Morusov, Alexei Pavlovich Oborin, Viktor Egorovich Sidorov, and Ivan Ivanovich Vershinin. According to 2012 data, the main traditions of the selo were called kindness and mutual aid: villagers came to weddings, anniversaries, and memorial meals without invitation, and meals were prepared together; local creative groups operate at the cultural and leisure centre. Russian cuisine is represented in the food culture.
