On September 30 of this year, the staff of the B.Mailin Museum of Local Lore organized a photo-documentary exhibition “Pages of History” dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the village of Valeryanovka.
The village of Valerianovka traces its history back to the beginning of the 20th century. According to the memoirs of old—timers, it received its name in honor of the first resident, Valerian. The first migrants came here from Ukraine and Russia. The location was chosen well: on a hill, next to the river, which contributed to the development of cattle breeding and agriculture.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Valerianovka was developing rapidly. In 1905, there were already 101 courtyards and 736 inhabitants. The village became the center of the parish, where a parish school and a one-class Russian school were opened. The inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, handicrafts, and actively traded: fairs and bazaars were held.
Valerian Hospital is a special page of history. Its building was donated and moved by merchants from Verkhneuralsk in 1907. It was the first health care facility in Pritobolye, where local residents and nomads were treated. People’s memory preserves the name of an unknown woman doctor or nurse who appeared in the village in 1909, who selflessly helped the sick.
In the 20th century, Valerianovka remained an important center of the region: the Komintern collective farm, a creamery, and a hospital operated here, where the wounded of the First World War and the Civil War were treated. Over time, the role of the village decreased: part of the functions passed to Novoilinovka, and then to the city of Lisakovsk.
Today, Valerianovka is a village with a rich history, preserving the memory of its first settlers, doctors and workers, through whose efforts it developed and lived for more than a century.
