Novorossiya (ru|Новоро́ссия) is a rural locality (a selo) in Shkotovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located 82km (51miles) from Vladivostok by road. Population:
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.[1]
During the Cold War, a military airfield was constructed nearby, located 29 km (18 miles) east of Artyom.[2]
| Novorossiya (airfield) | |
| Icao: | ZA99 |
| Type: | Military |
| Operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Location: | Primorsky Krai, Russia |
| Elevation-F: | 255 |
| Elevation-M: | 78 |
| R1-Number: | 09/27 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6560 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2000 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
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.[3] 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.[4] Following an increase in tensions after the Sino-Soviet split the airfield was an operating location for the Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle,[5] with as many as 25 aircraft based at the airfield.[6] 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.