Dubovka is one of the oldest settlements in the Volgograd region. The first settlements appeared here in the Paleolithic era. Tribes of Sarmatians, Avars, Khazars and Pechenegs roamed these lands. Later, the Golden Horde khans settled and founded their city, Beljamen, which in the 14th century was destroyed by the forces of Tamerlane.
In 1733, the Volga Cossack army was established to protect and defend the Tsaritsyno watch line. Dubovka became its capital. Families of the Don Cossacks, Little Russians, and Russians were resettled here. The year of foundation of the city is considered to be 1734.
The heyday of Dubovka falls in the middle of the XIX century. At that time, there were 25 factories in the city, among which: tanneries, salted-heating, oil-mills, brewing, and matting. And in 1870, the first steam-powered sawmills appeared.
The city has its own alley of heroes. There are memorials to Dubovans - heroes of the Soviet Union and other monuments.
The main monument of the central park is the mass grave of the defenders of Stalingrad, who died in oak hospitals.
The city was frontline. There was a reserve brigade, which trained dozens of marching companies and battalions to defend Stalingrad.
In the green zone surrounding the building of the once famous and now abandoned sanatorium Dubovka, on the banks of the Volga, is the main attraction of the city - the patriarch oak.
On the outskirts of Dubovka is the Holy Ascension Convent, founded in 1865.
Our acquaintance with Dubovka does not end there.
In the next film, we will visit the Vodyanskoye settlement, where the Golden Horde city of Beljamen once stood.
21 сен 2024
