Novye Burasy

Novye Burasy was founded in 1777 by inhabitants of Burasskaya Sloboda, the older settlement from which it took its name. The surrounding forest and river lands had long been used before the new village was established: a survey of 1621 records Tatar nobles and Mordvin holders using woodland, hay meadows, fisheries and beaver grounds in the wider district. The old Burasy settlement itself had been founded in 1699 as a watch post against raids, after the construction of nearby Petrovsk.