Novozybkov is a historical

Historical city of Russia

Historical cities and settlements of Russia are settlements of historical and archaeological importance in Russia.The official definition of this status was decreed in the Soviet Union in May of 1970, when the first official list of 115 historical settlements was declared...

 town in Bryansk Oblast

Bryansk Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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History

It was founded in 1701 and granted town status in 1809. Novozybkov was a major hemp supplier in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly for the production of ropes for the Russian Navy. Following the Crimean War

Crimean War

The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

, the demand for hemp fell, and cultivation stopped altogether at the beginning of the 20th century.

People

• Rostislav Alexeyev
  Rostislav Alexeyev
  Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev , Russian Empire – February 9, 1980, Gorky, USSR) was a designer of highspeed shipbuilding. He invented and designed the world's first Ekranoplans. His work has been compared to that of A.N. Tupolev in aviation and S.P...
  
   (1916-1980), designer of high-speed shipbuilding
• Aleksandra Belcova
  Aleksandra Belcova
  Aleksandra Belcova was a Latvian and Russian painter.She studied at the Art School in Penza and the State Free Art Workshop in Petrograd...
  
   (1892-1981), painter
• David Dragunsky
  David Dragunsky
  David Abramovich Dragunsky was born to a Jewish family and became a Colonel General in the Soviet Army. Twice he was decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union. In 1938, he commanded a tank company during combat operations near Khasan Lake and was awarded an Order of the Red Banner...
  
   (1910-1992), general
• Grigori Roshal
  Grigori Roshal
  Grigori Roshal was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1926 and 1968.-External links:...
  
  (1899–1983), film director and screenwriter

External links

• Website of Novozybkov
• Novozybkov. 2007 photo gallery.
• Novozybkov
• Website about Novozybkov