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Main / Our region: Voronezh 
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VORONEZH CITY
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Coat of arms
The modern Voronezh coat of arms is approved by the Voronezh administration on June 19, 1994. A historic town coat of arms of 1881 was restored to symbolize the town. The coat of arms is described in the town charter: “The Voronezh coat of arms presents a French shield with a golden mountain from the right (left from an observer’s point of view) against dark red background. On the mountain slope there is a silver jug pouring out water of the same color. The shield is topped by a tower crown with three pinions and encircled with three golden ears of wheat, tied by the Aleksander’s band”. The new official coat of arms was approved by the Russian Senate – its depiction and a sketch came to Voronezh on Decemver 29, 1781.
Voronezh history
The official documents state that, in the year 1586, a fortified town of Voronezh was built on the southern borders of Russia. Its purpose was straightforward – to guard Russian lands against nomadic raids from the South. However, some local historians hold to an older version that Voronezh was actually founded considerably earlier and had been the capital of the ancient country of Ruskolan – the predecessor of Ancient Rus.
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In the 17th century, Voronezh gradually evolved into a sizeable town, especially after Tsar Peter the Great built a dockyard in Voronezh where the Azov Flotilla was constructed for the Azov campaigns in 1695 and 1696. This fleet, the first ever built in Russia, included the first Russian ship of the line, Goto Predestinatsia. Owing to the Voronezh Admiralty Wharf, for a short time, Voronezh became the largest city of Southern Russia and the economic center of a large and fertile region. In 1711 it was made the administrative center of Azov Governorate, which eventually morphed into Voronezh Governorate.
In the 19th century, Voronezh was a center of the Central Black Earth Region. Manufacturing industry (mills, tallow-melting, butter-making, soap, leather and other works) as well as bread, cattle, suet, and the hair trade developed in the town.
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During the Second World War Voronezh was a defensive bulwark, stopping enemy advances. Here devastating battles raged with terrible casualties suffered from July 1942 to January 1943. German, Romanian, Italian and Hungarian troops, armed to the teeth, were opposed by Soviet soldiers who often did not have enough ammunition or firearms. These outgunned warriors provided countless examples of heroism and courage and stopped the enemy against incredible odds.
Following the war, Voronezh was awarded with the Great Patriotic War Order of the First Degree in 1975, and in 2008 it was given the honorary title of the City of Military Honor.
The reconstruction of Voronezh was completed only in 1950. At the same time the foundations of new, modern enterprises were being erected. The knowledge-intensive industry sectors and agricultural lands became the target for economic development. By the late 1990s, up to 70% of the Region’s gross product was derived from industrial production, mostly from machine-building, electronics, aviation and space technology. A significant number of enterprises were also involved in defense projects for the country.
Voronezh has numerous memorable places, connected to famous and talented people born and bred in the region. These include the lyrical poets A.V. Koltsov (1809-1842) and I.S. Nikitin (1824-1861) who created their works here. In 1870 a world-famous writer, Nobel Prize winner, I.A. Bunin was born in our region. From 1905 to the 1980’s the creative genius of authors such as A.P. Platonov, V.A. Korablinov, Yu.D. Goncharov, N.A. Zadonsky, G.N. Troepolsky, and poets such as V. Gordeychev, A. Zhigulin, A. Praslov, E. Isayev, etc. were active here.
The history of Voronezh is rich, full of events and names. This history makes us proud and inspires us to continue the good work of our renowned ancestors to strengthen and develop our country, to take the lead in modernizing Russia.
Today Voronezh is the economic, industrial, cultural, and scientific center of the so-called Black Earth Region. The Population of Voronezh is about 1 million people. The boundaries of Voronezh city are being extending.
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