Novopskov

Novopskov stands on the Aidar where the Kamianka joins it. Its older name was Zakam'ianka, a settlement founded by Ukrainian migrants in 1638 and counted among the early communities of Sloboda Ukraine. The river valley offered a home to people seeking a new life on the frontier, including fugitives from serfdom.

In 1707 the tsarist government sent troops to the Aidar to seize fugitives and return them to their owners. The inhabitants joined the rebellion led by Kondratii Bulavin, and Zakam'ianka was burned in the suppression that followed. After the rebellion, the Aidar lands were assigned to the Ostrohoz Sloboda Cossack regiment. The settlement was rebuilt; in 1829 a cuirassier regiment formed at Pskov was quartered here, giving the place its name Novopskov.