DISTRICT / AIMAG
Troitsky District
REGION
Altai Krai
Vershinino
The village of Vershinino, founded in 1853, is part of the Zelenopolyansky rural council (selsoviet) in Troitsky District, Altai Krai. In the vicinity of the village, on Lake Bolshoy Itkul, several archaeological monuments of federal significance are located.
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Troitsky District
Altai Krai
Historical background
The village was founded in 1853. In 1928, the village of Vershinina comprised 206 households, with a predominantly Russian population; administratively, it was the centre of the Vershininsky selsoviet in Bolshe-Rechensky District, Biysk Okrug, Siberian Krai. As of 1 April 2026, 21 people lived in the village: 9 men and 12 women. Notable figures include Semyon Alekseyevich Pashentsev (1907–1938), born in Vershinino, who died during combat operations at Lake Khasan on 6–11 August 1938; he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Star. Pavel Iosifovich Feofilaktov, born in Vershinino, was a World War II veteran, senior sergeant, awarded the Order of Glory 3rd class, the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945," and the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class. Ivan Pavlovich Voynov (b. 9 May 1926), conscripted to the front in 1943, fought throughout the war, was wounded twice, returned home in 1949, and died on 6 May 1978; in 2019, his monument was reconstructed with the support of State Duma deputy Alexander Terentyev and the initiative of local resident Sergey Mezentsev.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
Vershinino has a basic school (a branch of the Borovlyanskaya Secondary School), a club, a medical assistant and midwife station, a post office, and a kindergarten. The monument to fellow villagers who fell in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) is a memorial stele bearing a concrete image of the Order of the Patriotic War; 49 surnames of residents who did not return from the front are inscribed on the stele; a "Fire of Memory" is located at the base of the monument; the unveiling took place on 9 May 1990 in honour of the 45th anniversary of Victory. In the vicinity of the village are archaeological monuments of federal significance: the settlement "Khutor Vershinina" on Lake Bolshoy Itkul, 0.5 km from the village (2nd–1st millennium BC); the settlement "Itkul 1," 2 km from the village (1st millennium BC); the settlement "Itkul 3," 1 km from the village (1st millennium AD); the settlement "Ust-Bulanikha," 3 km from the village (Iron Age). The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (Naberezhnaya Street, 37a) is a local religious organization of the Orthodox parish of the Biysk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, registered on 17 November 2016; the rector is Alexander Pavlovich Zghunov.
Natural surroundings
Lake Utkul (Bolshoy Itkul) is located near the village.
Historical and cultural legacy
Vershinino has a basic school (a branch of the Borovlyanskaya Secondary School), a club, a medical assistant and midwife station, a post office, and a kindergarten. The monument to fellow villagers who fell in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) is a memorial stele bearing a concrete image of the Order of the Patriotic War; 49 surnames of residents who did not return from the front are inscribed on the stele; a "Fire of Memory" is located at the base of the monument; the unveiling took place on 9 May 1990 in honour of the 45th anniversary of Victory. In the vicinity of the village are archaeological monuments of federal significance: the settlement "Khutor Vershinina" on Lake Bolshoy Itkul, 0.5 km from the village (2nd–1st millennium BC); the settlement "Itkul 1," 2 km from the village (1st millennium BC); the settlement "Itkul 3," 1 km from the village (1st millennium AD); the settlement "Ust-Bulanikha," 3 km from the village (Iron Age). The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (Naberezhnaya Street, 37a) is a local religious organization of the Orthodox parish of the Biysk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, registered on 17 November 2016; the rector is Alexander Pavlovich Zghunov.
Living culture and memory
Residents observe national holidays of the Russian Federation and district celebrations. On 28 and 30 April 2023, the charity concert "We Don't Abandon Our Own!" was held in the villages of Vershinino, Bolshaya Rechka, Novoelovka, and Gordeevka in support of fellow villagers performing military duty in the special military operation zone. In early November, the village celebrates the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, considered the patroness of the village; on this day, a concert is organized at the club for residents, especially as part of the Month of the Elderly. In December 2025, as part of the patriotic campaign "Star of Memory," a star was installed on the house of Anna Ivanovna Vorobyova — the grandmother who raised Nikolai Vorobyov, who died during the special military operation. Local creative groups and clubs operate at the rural club. The prevalent religious tradition is Orthodoxy; the gastronomic culture is represented by Russian cuisine.
