DISTRICT / AIMAG
Kalman District
REGION
Altai Krai
Ust-Aleyka
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The selo of Ust-Aleyka is located in Kalman District, Altai Krai, and is part of the Ust-Aleysky selsoviet; the first reliable mention dates to 1745 and appears on P.I. Shelegin’s map. In the 17th century the first Russian settlers appeared in the bend of the Alei near its mouth, and their descendants now make up half of the residents. In 1886 the kulak Sushentsev built a water mill with four sets of millstones above the selo; three butter plants, Tumaikin’s brick works, a kirza works, a tannery, and a sheepskin workshop also operated. In the Soviet years the selo was affected by dekulakization and repressions; in 1950 the kolkhoz Donbass and the kolkhoz of the Third Five-Year Plan merged into the Sverdlov kolkhoz, which in 1957 became a branch of the Kubanka sovkhoz, and in 1964 the Yagodny sovkhoz was created on the base of the fifth branch. In 1961 the first hectares of a fruit-and-berry orchard were planted; in the 1960s residential houses, a bathhouse, a water tower, a school, a water supply system, a calf house, and a workshop were built. According to 2026 data, the population is 649.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo has the Ust-Aleyka rural library and the Ust-Aleyka rural house of culture, structural subdivisions of MBUK “Kalmansky Cultural Information Centre,” at 41 Partizanskaya Street. At 38a Partizanskaya Street there is a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, created in 1975, of regional significance, registration number 221610468230005, placed under protection by Resolution No. 94 of the Altai Krai Soviet of People's Deputies dated 2 April 2001. In the cemetery there is a mass grave of fighters who died for Soviet power, a cultural heritage site of regional significance. Near the selo there are two federal-significance earthen burial grounds of the 3rd–2nd centuries BCE: Ust-Aleyka-Ferma, 0.5 km northwest of the selo outskirts, and Ust-Aleyka-Banya, near the village bathhouse.
Natural surroundings
The selo is located at the confluence of the Ob and Alei rivers; the distance to the district centre, the selo of Kalmanka, is 7 km, and to Barnaul is 57 km.
Historical and cultural legacy
The selo has the Ust-Aleyka rural library and the Ust-Aleyka rural house of culture, structural subdivisions of MBUK “Kalmansky Cultural Information Centre,” at 41 Partizanskaya Street. At 38a Partizanskaya Street there is a memorial to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, created in 1975, of regional significance, registration number 221610468230005, placed under protection by Resolution No. 94 of the Altai Krai Soviet of People's Deputies dated 2 April 2001. In the cemetery there is a mass grave of fighters who died for Soviet power, a cultural heritage site of regional significance. Near the selo there are two federal-significance earthen burial grounds of the 3rd–2nd centuries BCE: Ust-Aleyka-Ferma, 0.5 km northwest of the selo outskirts, and Ust-Aleyka-Banya, near the village bathhouse.
Living culture and memory
Orthodoxy is widespread in the selo; Orthodox and state holidays of the Russian Federation are celebrated. In 2025 the selo marked its 280th anniversary with a concert program, treats, and children’s entertainment; the annual holiday “Sudarynya Maslenitsa” is held with folk music, contests, horse riding, chastushki, and treats of blini, pies, and shashlik. Within district festivals, family events are held where participants talk about family traditions, draw a family coat of arms, and compose poems; the association Umelitsa, led by E.A. Vladimirovna, operates. Russian cuisine is represented in the food culture.
