It is located on the elevation 164 meters above sea level on the river Salcia Mare.

Because in Ukraine, there was a small amount of soil for harvesting crops, 153 migrants moved to the then Bessarabia, where they established the village Novohrad.

[6] Surnames like Karásek, Pluhař or Lněnička are common here, even if the young generation speaks Czech more advisedly and use Russian.

From the year 2004 a Czech countryman association Novograd, is registered here, under the presidency of Ivan Lauda.

Most of the people, live from own agricultural activities, mostly harvesting corn and grapevine.