Map - Novotroitsk

Novotroitsk (Новотро́ицк) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of and along the Ural River, 276 km from Orenburg, on the border with Kazakhstan. In the east Novotroitsk almost borders Orsk: the distance between the two cities is less than 2 km. Population:

The history of Novotroitsk goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Several families of peasants/immigrants from Ukraine settled near Silnov khutor and named their settlement Novotroitsk. Two more khutors Akkermanovsky and Beloshapochny as well as Khabarnoye stanitsa located nearby.

The 1930s were the time of rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union. Alexander Fersman, a well-known academician and geologist, in his treatises described the abundance of mineral deposits near Orsk neighbourhoods and called Orsk-Khalilovo area the "true gem of the Urals."

In the fall of 1929 geologist Joseph Rudnitsky discovered the Khalilovskoye hematite field. Khalilovskoye ores contained chromium, nickel, titanium and manganese. Industrial tests confirmed its quality. In June 1931, the Government adopted a decision to start the construction of metallurgic plant based on resources from Khalilovskoye ores and Karaganda coal basin. The end of construction was scheduled for 1936. During this period the first builders arrived to Novotroitsk village. In 1935 the construction was suspended and only in the spring of 1939 after the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party the resolution was adopted "... to begin the construction of new metallurgical plants (at Khalilovskoye and Bakalskoye ores)".

In the summer of 1939 the board of People's Commissariat of the ferrous metallurgy adopted a resolution, which says: "... to select the Novotroitsk area as a place for Khalilovo metallurgic plant construction...".

In 1941 Novotroitsk was granted the status of urban-type settlement. During the next three years the first school and hospital were built. Novotroitsky District, comprising Novotroitsk and Akkermanovka villages, was created in 1944. On April 13, 1945 Novotroitsk was granted the status of town.

On March 5, 1955 the first cast iron was produced at the metallurgic plant. The cement factory was launched in the same year. In 1982 the population of Novotroitsk climbed over 100,000. During the Soviet period a lot of cultural, sports and recreational institutions were founded including two palaces of culture, several cinemas, schools, colleges, hospitals, public park, two stadiums, swimming pool, consumer service center.

In 1992 formerly state-owned metallurgic plant was converted into joint-stock company. In 2002 the South Ural mining and processing company was founded. Eight years later the company launched a new cement plant within a few kilometers from Novotroitsk near Akkermanovka village.

According to the Russian Government order, in 2014 Novotroitsk was included into the list of monotowns with the most complex social-economic situation. By the Russian Government decree, in 2017 the new priority development area was created in the town. As at August 2021 ten companies has become the residents of the priority development area.