DISTRICT / AIMAG
Troitsky District
REGION
Altai Krai
Mnogoozyorny
The settlement of Mnogoozyorny, founded in 1939, is the administrative centre of the Yuzhakovsky rural council (selsoviet) in Troitsky District, Altai Krai. Its name is connected to the presence of numerous water bodies; until 1960, the settlement was called the Yuzhakovsky Second Timber Harvesting Section.
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The settlement was founded in 1939; in 1934, the locality received settlement status; in 1936, a railway was laid. The settlement became the administrative centre of the Yuzhakovsky selsoviet, which includes, besides Mnogoozyorny, the village of Yuzhakovo; the settlement is located in the western part of Troitsky District, approximately 150 km from Barnaul. In 1955, a hospital and outpatient clinic were built; in 1967, new buildings for a canteen and a club housing the rural library were erected; in 1974, a new kindergarten and central boiler house were built. One of the first enterprises was the gortop (urban fuel department); in 1960, it was transferred to the Yuzhakovsky timber factory, and in 1963, the Yuzhakovsky timber factory was transferred to the Borovlyansky timber enterprise; after that, a new sleeper-tar workshop was built in the settlement. The Yuzhakovsky timber industrial complex was liquidated in 2009. As of 2015, there had once been many lakes in the vicinity of the settlement, but over time they disappeared, leaving only small rivers and streams; local residents cleared the rivers, built dams, and stocked them with fish (bream, pike). A notable figure is Fyodor Konstantinovich Pestov (1911–1966), a timber skidder at the Borovlyansky timber enterprise, Hero of Socialist Labour (1957); a World War II veteran who, after a severe wound near Stalingrad, returned to Altai in 1943; he lived in the settlement of Mnogoozyorny and is buried in the cemetery of this locality. Also mentioned is Andrey Mikhailovich Neustroev — an Afghan war veteran who initiated the project to immortalize the memory of fellow villagers.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The settlement has the Mnogoozyornaya Primary General Education School — a branch of the Borovlyanskaya Secondary School (Tsentralny Lane, 4), the Mnogoozyornaya Rural Library, and the Mnogoozyorny Rural Cultural and Leisure Centre — branches of the Troitsky Multifunctional Cultural Centre (MBUK, Oktyabrskaya Street, 1). The monument to fellow villagers who fell in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) is located at Oktyabrskaya Street, 1a; installed in 1968; materials — metal, concrete; at the centre is a stele on a concrete base with an inscription on the front beneath a five-pointed star; memorial plaques were installed for the 40th anniversary of Victory; they immortalize the memory of 265 fellow villagers; authors — A. I. Kutenko and I. F. Shmorin; a monument of history of regional significance.
Natural surroundings
As of 2015, there had once been many lakes in the vicinity of the settlement, but over time they disappeared, leaving only small rivers and streams; local residents cleared the rivers, built dams, and stocked them with fish. A significant part of Troitsky District is occupied by the forests of the Priobsky massif, where pine, birch, aspen, larch, spruce, willow, poplar, guelder rose, bird cherry, rowan, and currant grow. The territory adjacent to the settlement is part of the Obskoy State Natural Complex Reserve of krai significance, whose purpose is to preserve the ecosystem of the Ob River floodplain, forest lakes, and populations of moose, roe deer, lynx, muskrat, mink, and waterfowl.
Historical and cultural legacy
The settlement has the Mnogoozyornaya Primary General Education School — a branch of the Borovlyanskaya Secondary School (Tsentralny Lane, 4), the Mnogoozyornaya Rural Library, and the Mnogoozyorny Rural Cultural and Leisure Centre — branches of the Troitsky Multifunctional Cultural Centre (MBUK, Oktyabrskaya Street, 1). The monument to fellow villagers who fell in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) is located at Oktyabrskaya Street, 1a; installed in 1968; materials — metal, concrete; at the centre is a stele on a concrete base with an inscription on the front beneath a five-pointed star; memorial plaques were installed for the 40th anniversary of Victory; they immortalize the memory of 265 fellow villagers; authors — A. I. Kutenko and I. F. Shmorin; a monument of history of regional significance.
Living culture and memory
Residents observe national holidays of the Russian Federation and district celebrations. In 2021, as part of the celebration of the 76th anniversary of the Great Victory, eight new memorial plaques were unveiled in the settlement, immortalizing the names not only of those killed and missing on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, but also of returned veterans who lived in the territory of the Yuzhakovsky selsoviet; the project was initiated by Afghan war veteran Andrey Mikhailovich Neustroev. In 2026, the settlement celebrated Maslenitsa (22 February): the celebration included the symbolic burning of the Maslenitsa effigy, round dances, games, competitions to Russian folk music, and treats of bliny. The vocal group "Kalina Krasnaya" (Red Guelder Rose) participated in the district art festival "Talents Shine in Troitsky District" in 2017. The prevalent religious tradition is Orthodoxy; the gastronomic culture is represented by Russian cuisine.
