| En Name: | Novovoronezh |
| Ru Name: | Нововоронеж |
| Coordinates: | 51.3167°N 52°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Novovoronezh_(Voronezh_oblast).png |
| Federal Subject: | Voronezh Oblast |
| Adm City Jur: | Novovoronezh Urban Okrug |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Novovoronezh Urban Okrug |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Novovoronezh Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Novovoronezh Urban Okrug |
| Area Km2: | 46.13 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 32635 |
| Established Date: | 1957 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1987 |
| Dialing Codes: | 47364 |
| Website: | http://www.new-voronezh.ru/ |
Novovoronezh (Russian: Нововоро́неж) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River 55km (34miles) south of Voronezh. Population:
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.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]
The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant is located in the town.
Novovoronezh was established along with the start of the future nuclear power plant construction works in 1957.[3] 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.
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.[4]
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[5] 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.[6]
