DISTRICT / AIMAG
Tselin District
REGION
Altai Krai
Tselinnoye
The village of Tselinnoye is the administrative center of the Tselinny district, which emerged at the end of the 18th century as a transit coaching point and became an important agricultural hub of the Altai.
A historical photograph, village view, landscape, or related heritage object will be displayed here at a later date.
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Tselin District
Altai Krai
Historical background
The settlement was founded in 1778 when 52 families of Cossack coachmen (yamshchiki) were relocated to the Yama River to serve the Kuznetsk tract. In 1960, the settlement became the district center. Large processing enterprises operate in the village: "Tselina," "Melnik," the Tselinny cheese factory, and a meat processing plant. Journalist, bard, and poet Yury Grigoryevich Zykov is a native of the village.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The educational and cultural network includes two secondary schools, kindergartens, the Center for Creativity and Recreation, a children's art school, and the district House of Culture. A church of the Apostles Peter and Paul has been erected in the village, and a memorial to the soldiers who fell during the war has been installed.
Natural surroundings
Near the village rises the 400-meter-high Tselinnaya Sopka, and located there are the ancient rocks of the Salair Ridge "Povarka" and a landscaped freshwater spring "Yamskoy klyuch," known since the mid-18th century. A recreation and culture park is equipped in the settlement.
Historical and cultural legacy
The educational and cultural network includes two secondary schools, kindergartens, the Center for Creativity and Recreation, a children's art school, and the district House of Culture. A church of the Apostles Peter and Paul has been erected in the village, and a memorial to the soldiers who fell during the war has been installed.
Living culture and memory
Every year, the interregional rock festival "Jam Session" is held at the central stadium, and children's festivals "Siyaniye zvezd" (Shining of Stars) and Children's Day celebrations are organized at the Center for Creativity. Residents traditionally participate in large-scale environmental campaigns to clean up forest plantations.
