Novovoronezh
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Russian town Novovoronezh (Template:Langx) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River Template:Convert south of Voronezh. Population: Template:Ru-census
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Novovoronezh Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="Ref285">Law #87-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.<ref name="Ref926">Law #88-OZ</ref>
Economy
The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant is located in the town.
History
Novovoronezh was established along with the start of the future nuclear power plant construction works in 1957.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was then called the urban settlement of Novo-Graessovsky, but renamed its current name later the same year.
The first unit of 210 MW of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant was put into power on September 30, 1964.<ref name=":0" />
From 1959 to 1963 Novovoronezh was the center of the Novovoronezh district, and its administrative status was upgraded from the urban settlement to a town in 1987.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2020, an ambiguous monument was erected in the city to the legendary founder of the city Alyonka, who, according to legend, found a good place and brought her fellow villagers there. Thanks to this monument, Novovoronezh became famous throughout Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The forged sculptural composition, which cost the city a million rubles and caused negative feedback<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> from citizens, was dismantled three days after installation and later sold at auction for 2.6 million rubles. with a starting price of 1 million rubles. The updated monument to Alyonka, but already made of bronze, was opened on July 1, 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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