Novoselitskoye

Novoselitskoye lies on the Tomuzlovka in the North Caucasian steppe. Its name means a new settlement, reflecting the arrival of peasants from the Russian interior as the frontier was reorganized in the late eighteenth century. Accounts differ on the exact year, but the village belongs to the period when new communities appeared along the river near the Azov–Mozdok line. The open valley linked it with neighbouring fortified towns and the agricultural lands spreading across the steppe.