DISTRICT / AIMAG
Kalman District
REGION
Altai Krai
Shadrino
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The selo of Shadrino is located in Kalman District, Altai Krai, and is part of the Shadrinsky selsoviet; according to one version, it appeared as early as 1620 and was founded by 19 Old Believer settlers engaged in cattle breeding. Officially the selo was founded in 1823; in the 1868 “List of Populated Places of the Russian Empire” it is mentioned as the factory village Shadrina of Barnaul Okrug, Tomsk Governorate, on the Shadrikha River. In 1893, in the selo Shadrinskoe of Shadrinsk Volost, Barnaul Uyezd, there were 252 households and 1,360 residents. From 27 May 1924 to 2 March 1932 the selo was the administrative centre of Shadrinsky District. According to 2021 data, the population was about 665; according to the 2002 census, Russians made up 95%, and as of 1 March 2026, 558 people lived there.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo has a basic general school, a kindergarten, a library, and a house of culture at 76 Kirovskaya Street. Near the school building there is a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, erected in 1960; it is a historical monument of regional significance. Two km from the Barnaul–Shadrino highway there is a mass grave of those who died for Soviet power, created in 1920 and 1956, also of regional significance. On a hill above the selo, in 2017 an openwork memorial cross was installed and consecrated to the priest Ivan Vasilievich Oskolkov, who was tortured and shot in 1921.
Natural surroundings
The selo is located in the central part of Altai Krai, in the forest-steppe zone, on the banks of the Shadrinka River, west of the Ob River, about 23 km in a straight-line to the north-northeast of the selo of Kalmanka; its absolute elevation is 138 m above sea level. The climate is temperate and sharply continental; the average January temperature is −17.7 °C, July is +19.6 °C, and annual precipitation is 350–400 mm.
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo has a basic general school, a kindergarten, a library, and a house of culture at 76 Kirovskaya Street. Near the school building there is a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, erected in 1960; it is a historical monument of regional significance. Two km from the Barnaul–Shadrino highway there is a mass grave of those who died for Soviet power, created in 1920 and 1956, also of regional significance. On a hill above the selo, in 2017 an openwork memorial cross was installed and consecrated to the priest Ivan Vasilievich Oskolkov, who was tortured and shot in 1921.
Living culture and memory
Orthodoxy is widespread in the selo; work is underway to create an electronic Book of Memory about war participants, home-front workers, and events in the selo’s history. Since 2020, with the support of the district Women’s Council, the “Holiday of the Three Great Spas” has been held; in 2023 it took place in Shadrino with photo zones, games, a school fair, a Cheburashka talisman workshop, honoring of long-time residents and couples celebrating golden weddings, and treats made from apples, nuts, and honey. In 2015 the selo celebrated its 395th anniversary; in 2022, within the krai club day “Holiday of Small Villages,” a portrait evening for the Day of the Elderly was held; in 2025 a festive event for elderly people took place. Among notable figures are People’s Artist of the RSFSR Dementy Gavrilovich Parotikov, teacher Anatoly Ivanovich Okishev, and priest Ivan Vasilievich Oskolkov. Russian cuisine is represented in the food culture.
