DISTRICT / AIMAG
Slavgorod Municipal District
REGION
Altai Krai
Maksimovka
The village of Maksimovka, founded in 1909 in the central part of the Kulunda Plain, is a small agricultural settlement in the Slavgorod urban okrug.
A historical photograph, village view, landscape, or related heritage object will be displayed here at a later date.
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Founded in 1909, by 1928 the settlement was the center of the Maksimovsky rural council of the Slavgorod okrug of the Siberian Krai, comprising 82 households, and the majority of its residents were Ukrainians. In 1966, the grain state farm "Maksimovsky" was formed on the basis of local collective farms. The Great Patriotic War veterans P.M. Len, a cavalier of the Order of the Red Star, and P.G. Karnaukh, a sniper about whom a documentary film was shot in 2010, were born in the village. According to 2013 data, 194 people lived in the village.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The village features a memorial complex, erected in 1975 and dedicated to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War, holding the status of a regional historical monument. The Pokrovsky Church operates in the settlement, opened to replace the old building that burned down in 2005. The social infrastructure is represented by a rural library, a post office, and a branch of the Slavgorod basic school.
Natural surroundings
The village is located in the zone of the sharply continental climate of the Kulunda Plain near a gully (balka) that separates it from the neighboring village of Andreevka.
Historical and cultural legacy
The village features a memorial complex, erected in 1975 and dedicated to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War, holding the status of a regional historical monument. The Pokrovsky Church operates in the settlement, opened to replace the old building that burned down in 2005. The social infrastructure is represented by a rural library, a post office, and a branch of the Slavgorod basic school.
Living culture and memory
Local folklore records a legend about the forefather Maksim, who founded the settlement near a spring he found during a forced stop due to a broken cart. In the parish of the Pokrovsky Church, parishioners independently conduct services in the absence of the rector. Students of the local school actively participate in patriotic commemorative events, such as the All-Russian campaign "Candle of Memory".
