Kamenny Brod is the name of a village located in the Krasnoarmeysky district of the Samara region. To be precise, there are two settlements with the same name in the Samara region and they are located in different areas. The second village is located in the Chelno-Vershinsky district, lying on the opposite side, on the border with the Republic of Tatarstan.
Krasnoarmeysky district, the village of Kamenny Brod
The origin of the name of the village is most likely associated with the river, which could be wade. In the Krasnoarmeysky district, its main waterway flows, which is called Bolshaya Vyazovka. In the village of Kamenny Brod there is a small river Chapaevka.
It is located in the south-west of the Samara region, in the steppes of the Volga region. The climate here is sharply continental, with cold and windy winters and hot summers. Natural and climatic conditions contribute to the development in these areas of agriculture and the breeding of cattle beef and dairy cattle.
The village is located 37 kilometers from Samara; therefore, it houses garden and cottage associations. Many city dwellers buy houses for summer houses in the village. The composition of the population is diverse, the majority are Russians, Chuvashs, Mordovians, and Kazakhs. Recently, Uzbeks, Azerbaijanis, Dagestanis and Tajiks have settled here.
History of the village of Kamenny Brod
The village is small, but has long-standing roots. The first mention of its inhabitants appeared in the metric records of 1832 books. At this time, the Church of Our Lady of Kazan was built. Money for the construction was collected by all residents. The village, along with the region and the district, passed a difficult two hundred year journey. Many of its inhabitants took part in the Great Patriotic War. Many of them died. Their countrymen built the Victory Park, in which there is a memorial.
In the 70s of the last century there was a state farm named after Zhdanov, which was one of the first in the region and region. The banner of the state farm is still kept in the museum of the village. There are also exhibits of ancient peasant life.
Village Infrastructure
On the territory of Kamenny Brod (Samara) there is a kindergarten, an elementary school. High school students on school buses go to classes in Kolyvan. All houses in the village are gasified. There is a post office, a shop. The center of historical modeling "Ancient World" has been opened in the village. Those wishing to visit this interactive object of educational tourism will be presented with copies of Stone Age dwellings, pottery crafts, metal tools, stone, bronze crafts. Everyone can participate in the manufacturing process.
Church of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God
In the village of Kamenny Brod there is a church of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God, built more than 180 years ago, in 1831. It could fit up to 1000 pilgrims. The church was the pride of the village, it was the only large temple in the entire district.
In 1932 it was closed, after which it housed a club, a library with a reading room. Before the war, the bell tower and the dome were dismantled, and the church building was adapted for a granary. The wall painting has been preserved in some places. Only in 1999 the building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. The temple was restored and the exterior work was completed, but the interior decoration continues.
Chelno-Vershinsky district
JV Kamenny Brod is the second village that bears this name. It is located in the north of the region, where the border with the Republic of Tatarstan passes. It is here that the Chelno-Vershinsky district is located, which includes the rural settlement of Kamenny Brod. It includes three villages, the settlement itself and the villages of Krasnaya Bagan and Novaya Tayaba.
The village has a population of 1000. It is located in a small area of the Samara region, which is called Chelno-Vershinsky. There is a school, a kindergarten, a recreation center. Stone Broad is completely gasified. The distance from Samara is 185 kilometers. The Chelna railway station is located on the territory of the district, from which you can get to Moscow, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnodar Territory, and practically to any region of Russia.
Location of the Chelno-Vershinsky district
The district is located, and with it the village of Kamenny Brod, Samara Region, on the border of the Bugulmino-Belebeyevskaya Upland, in the High Volga region. The terrain here is hilly, rugged by ravines and valleys. The climate is continental with sharp transitions from a cold winter to a sultry summer. The territory is located in the agro-climatic zone, where there is increased moisture.
Of great value are fertile fat chernozem soils, which occupy up to 90% of the entire arable land. Both climate and puffy chernozems contribute to high yields. Therefore, the main direction of the region as a whole and the Kamenny Brod joint venture in particular are agriculture, grain growing, meat and dairy farming.
The population and its employment
The population here is predominantly Chuvash, who came here before the revolution from Staraya Tajaba of the Kazan province and founded two villages - Novaya Tajaba and Kamenny Brod. Also live Russians, Tatars, Mordovians. The main employment of the population is the production and sale of agricultural products, dairy and beef cattle breeding. On the territory of the joint venture Kamenny Brod there is a pedigree farm for breeding and raising pigs. There are several peasant farms.
How many settlements with that name
The name Kamenny Brod is a little unusual, and it was interesting to find out if there are settlements with such a beautiful name in other areas of the city, because Kamenny Brod is not Ivanovka or Maryevka, which have survived to this day. But as it turned out, this is not such a rare name. As we see, only in the Samara region such a name are two settlements. There are villages with this name in the Penza and Volgograd regions. In the Rostov region there is a farm called Kamenny Brod. Settlements with this name can be found in Belarus and Ukraine, for example, in the Luhansk region there is a village called Kamenny Brod.
In Russia there are many villages and villages located far from noisy cities that have special sights, history, live their own lives and at the same time are inextricably linked with the country. Many villages and villages have sunk into oblivion, leaving no trace. The number of rural population is declining every year and will soon reach the level of 25% of the total population of the country. Maybe that's why it is so important to learn as much as possible about each settlement. Life does not stand still, the country's urbanization continues, although not at the same pace as in Soviet times.