Bogoroditsk
City Bogoroditsk Tula region appeared in the XVII century as a fortress on the southern borders of the growing Russian state. In the XVIII century Bogoroditsk becomes the center of the estate of Catherine's son-II and Count Grigory Orlov. It built a magnificent palace and park ensemble - the pearl of the Tula region.
Construction of the fortress
Construction of the fortress (the city in terms of the time) was slow at first - people do not willingly went to the uninhabited places, and as soon as possible try to return home. The situation changed when the people here were sent to "eternal habitation" - people who could not leave this place and in 1670 Bogoroditsk - quite battle-fortress with the back door and into the river. Here lived the archers and gunners sitting governor.
Estate of AG Bobrinsky
On the territory of the former fortress, and later stud farm, was built for a rich estate AG Bobrinsky, in front of which was dug a large oval pond. The palace building was located on the high left bank of the pond, on the remains of earthen ramparts of the old fortress. Palace and Kazan Church were executed in the style of early classicism and were constructed of large capital project architect IE Starova. In the manor complex were also behind the palace towering Bell Tower and the adjacent L-shaped in terms of service buildings, which they called "lock" and together with the palace surrounded the yard. In the tower above the gate housed a rural municipality office. Later on the estate was divided magnificent park, designer and director who became a prominent Russian agronomist AT Swamps, which was then the manager of parish.
Andrew T. Bolotov
Here lived a distinguished scholar XVIII-XIX century Andrew T. Bolotov - founder of Russian breeding and pomology, an agronomist, a historian, journalist, writer, artist. Bolotov left a huge number of scientific papers (up to now they have not all been published), and many of the ideas embodied in the form of excellent parks, Russian parks, not copies of the British, French and German. The best of these was established in Bogoroditsk.
Bogoroditsk after the Great Patriotic War
The Great Patriotic War caused severe wounds Bogoroditskoe. The city lay in ruins, the palace was only a dilapidated box Tsererina Grove died, and the economy of the city was in full decline - the retreating invaders destroyed everything .
But the life of the city continued. The basis of the economy of the region the first two decades after the war, was the coal industry, was opened in the city and the mountain school. In the late 60's because of the depletion of coal mines begin to close. But the closure of mines was not a disaster for local people - through prudent policy of the state to replace the coal industry went electronic
In 1962 he opened a plant technical-chemical products in 1965 - Transformer Plant (Resource). Mining Technical College was reorganized into electronic devices. In 1968, the factory was light engineering, developing food industry (meat, the sugar, milk) and many other companies. In the area there are 19 collective farms and state farms, which provide area of grain, sugar, milk and meat. Was saved from complete destruction of the palace Bobrinsky restored Bell Tower, residents of the city was re-planted Tsererina Grove, Mother of God, the restoration of the park.
Bogoroditsk Today
Today, the new economic policy of Russia affects the state of the city is not for the better. Like many other small towns in the country, Bogoroditsk in a difficult economic situation - abandoned to their fate established production began to decline, in ten years the gross output of the city and the district has decreased by 78% (ie, more than four times), in the unfortunate situation agriculture was. Much less attention has been paid to the education of youth, education, jobs disappeared with good salary. All this has given rise to a large number of economic and social problems, not only in the city but also the country as a whole - alcoholism, drug addiction and crime. Some recovery in the economy of the city has made a private enterprise, small business. Unfortunately, the area of application of forces of this industry mainly (over 60%) is in the area of trade. Such enterprises can not be the key to successful economic region and Russia as a whole. City again waiting for its revival.
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