Novorossiya (rural locality)

Novorossiya (Russian: Новоро́ссия) is a rural locality (a selo) in Shkotovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located 82 kilometers (51 mi) from Vladivostok by road. Population: 479 (2010 Census);[1] 559 (2002 Census);[2]

The community in 2019

It was founded in 1893 when fifteen families of settlers from Chernigov Governorate moved here. In 1894, additional fourteen families arrived. A church was built in 1901, and a parochial school opened in 1905. By 1910, the population grew to 414, mainly occupied with land cultivation, animal husbandry, and beekeeping.

In 1932, kolkhoz Pobeda (Victory) was established; it was later renamed Put k kommunizmu (Road to Communism). During World War II, sixty residents served in the army; only half of them returned after the war.[3]

During the Cold War, a military airfield was constructed nearby, located 29 km (18 miles) east of Artyom.[4]

Novorossiya (airfield)
Novorossiya, June 1970, from KH-4B satellite.
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorSoviet Air Force
LocationPrimorsky Krai, Russia
Elevation AMSL255 ft / 78 m
Coordinates43°20′44″N 132°33′35″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 6,560 2,000 Concrete

From 1948 the 240th independent Observation and Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron occupied the airfield, then was upgraded into the 799th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment in 1967.[5] It formed part of the 1st Air Army of the Far Eastern Military District. In 1967, satellite pictures showed a regiment of 34 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (ASCC "Fagot") or MiG-17 Fresco at the airfield.[6] Following an increase in tensions after the Sino-Soviet split the airfield was an operating location for the Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle,[7] with as many as 25 aircraft based at the airfield.[8] The regiment moved to Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo in 1975.

From 1960 to 1967 the 404th Fighter Aviation Regiment was at the airfield.

The airfield appears to have been without a tenant regiment since 1975.

References
  1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  3. Приморская государственная публичная библиотека: 115 лет со времени основания с. Новороссия Шкотовского района Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. CABLE (SANITIZED) FROM NPIC, April 16, 1971, CIA-RDP78B03826A000400060016-8, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  5. http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/orap/799orap.htm
  6. KH-7 MISSION 4036 3-10 FEBRUARY 1967 PART II, February 1, 1967, Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP03-00140R000100010049-8, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  7. SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP ALONG THE CHINA BORDER AND IN MONGOLIA, February 1, 1971, CIA-RDP78T05162A000100010038-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  8. KH-4 MISSION 1109 IPIR NUMBER 14 OAK SUPPLEMENT PART X 5-23 MARCH 1970, April 1, 1970, CIA-RDP78T04562A000300100001-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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