Novouzensk ( rus, Новоузе́нск, p=nəvəʊˈzʲensk) is a

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and the

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of Novouzensky District of

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, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Uzen River at its

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with the Chertanly River, southeast of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

In 1760, the village of Chertanla () was founded by the Old Believers. It grew and was granted town status and renamed Novy Uzen () in 1835. It was later renamed Novouzensk.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novouzensk serves as the

of Novouzensky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #78-ZSO stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #93-ZSO, which describes the borders and the composition of Novouzensky Municipal District, lists the town of Novouzensk as a part of that municipal district. The Law #21-ZSO does not enumerate any administrative division types below the district level. As a municipal division, the

of Novouzensk, together with seven rural localities, is incorporated within Novouzensky Municipal District as Novouzensk Urban Settlement.Law #93-ZSO

Economy

Novouzensk is a center of a grain-producing region.

Attractions

A branch of the Saratov Museum of Local Lore operates in Novouzensk. In Novouzensk, on June 8, 1910, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor Nikolai Mikhailovich Komarov, who graduated from the Saratov Veterinary Institute, was born. The author, the developer of the “mobile disinfection unit”, later called the Komarov Disinfection Unit, copyright certificate No. 68359, 1947. It has been produced since 1950 to the present and is known to all veterinarians under the abbreviation DUK. Komarov N. M. dealt with the problems of air ionization in agriculture, developing the ideas of Chizhevsky A. L. Under his leadership, the first All-Union Conference on artificial air ionization in animal husbandry was held. He worked on the problems of ventilation in livestock buildings, published the monograph "Ventilation in livestock buildings." One of the authors of the air ion ventilation unit. Under his leadership, 22 candidate and 3 doctoral dissertations were defended. He was Vice President of the International Society of Animal Hygienists. He has published more than 200 works on zoohygiene.

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