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What is Yartsevo? It’s a small green town on the territory of the
Smolensk region. It’s situated on the Vop River (the tributary of the
Dnieper) and it’s the center of the Yartsevo district. The climate of
Yartsevo is continental. There are a lot of small rivers and hills.
Because of its situation in the Central economic district near by the
capital of the country the role of the Yartsevo district as a transit
territory between Moscow and some countries of the Central and West
Europe increases. In connection with this fact the local authorities began
the reconstruction of the part of the highway situated in the boundary
of the Yartsevo district. The motel "Oasis” situated there is already
mentioned in the new road-books and is very popular because of high
quality of the service. Unfortunately, Yartsevo experienced also a
sudden falls of the industry. The biggest factories such as the plant
"Dviegatel” and others are on the brink of bankruptcy because of
non-effective direction. They need new proprietors and their industrial
potentials are not exhausted.
In accordance with the statistic facts the population of Yartsevo is
57400 people (49400 townsmen and 8000 inhabitants of the village). The demographical situation is very difficult: during
2000s the death rate exceeded the birth
rate
2-2,5 times). The unemployment and the small salaries make people
migrate for Moscow and other cities. But we hope that the development of
the small business will help to solve these problems.
In spite of all the difficulties the inhabitants don’t
forget the culture. There are some libraries, a museum, and some
musical and literature clubs. The inhabitants pay attention to their
inner world. There are 3 churches: the restored temple of Peter and
Paul, the chapel of "Gladness of all the sorrowful” and the Saint-Michel
church, created by a young priest, confessor Sergy. The tower with the
clock was built in the end of the XIX century. It reminds of the birth
of Yartsevo. The local enthusiasts are going to create a museum of "Old
Yartsevo” in it.
There are a lot of interesting people. For example, the
Hero of the Soviet Union, marshal Oleg Locik, the writer Vilen
Salkovsky. The sportsmen of Yartsevo were a great success on
competitions in Russia and abroad. We have the Popular theatre-studio of
Yuri Kovin. One of his pupils, Marina Asarova, works now in Moscow, in
show of Yelena Stepanenko. The development of rock music in Yartsevo has
already its history. In 1994 our rock singer Gennady Tchernetsov or
Sunboy made a trip to Czhechia on his bicycle. In 90-th appeared such
rock groups as "O.N.I.”, "Apathy”, "Dead N” and " Lillit”.
The town of Yartsevo isn’t old (the first mention in1610, status of the town
in 1926), but it has its own legends, for example, the history of the origin of the name "Yartsevo”. There are 4 versions:
Yartsevo appeared thanks to the merchant Alexei Hludov, who founded
here a textile factory. He fitted it out with the newest equipment and
invited many English specialists. At that time one of the streets was
named Aglitskaya (English Street). In 1932-33 an arctic club appeared in
Yartsevo. Otto Schmidt, a well-known academician, visited it.
During the Great Patriotic War there was a great battle on the banks
of the Vop River. The German Army has been detained there for two
months. Many inhabitants of Yartsevo became the heroes of this war, for
example, the five brothers Sharshanov.
After the war Yartsevo was restored and became more beautiful. In 1996, it was 70 year old and got its arms and flag.
The flag of Yartsevo is white linen with two stripes: the green one
is on the top of the flag, the red one – below. In the center of the
flag you can see the arms of the town. The height of the arms is 3/5 of
the width of the linen.
The arms have three parts: the green, the blue and the red one. It
has the form of the shield. In the middle of the arms, on the blue
field, there is the golden warder of the Mercury, on the green field –
the golden hammer and the golden anvil. And below, on the red field,
there is the silver bobbin with the yarn. In the free part you can see
the arms of Smolensk. A silver crown with three merlons crowns the
shield. It’s surrounded by a branch of the oak with acorns to the right
and by the ears of wheat and the stems of of flax, interweaved by the
Guard’s ribbon on which there is a title "Yartsevo”.
The author of the town’s symbolism is G. V. Ragnev.
The warder symbolizes the link between the foundation of the town
and the commerce activity of the merchant Hludov. The anvil, the hammer
and the bobbin point to the most developed branches of the industry. The
Guard’s ribbon reminds of one of the divisions of Yartsevo, which
became the Guard’s division.
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