Novorossiya (rural Locality)
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.
During the Cold War, a military airfield was constructed nearby, located 29 km (18 miles) east of Artyom.
Novorossiya (airfield) | |||||||||||
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 Novorossiya, June 1970, from KH-4B satellite. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Soviet Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Primorsky Krai, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 255 ft / 78 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°20′44″N 132°33′35″E / 43.34556°N 132.55972°E | ||||||||||
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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. 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. Following an increase in tensions after the Sino-Soviet split the airfield was an operating location for the Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle, with as many as 25 aircraft based at the airfield. 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
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- ^ 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).
- ^ Приморская государственная публичная библиотека: 115 лет со времени основания с. Новороссия Шкотовского района Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CABLE (SANITIZED) FROM NPIC, April 16, 1971, CIA-RDP78B03826A000400060016-8, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/orap/799orap.htm
- ^ 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.
- ^ SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP ALONG THE CHINA BORDER AND IN MONGOLIA, February 1, 1971, CIA-RDP78T05162A000100010038-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ 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.
