Description Kalyazin, Russia

In the 180-km from Moscow to Yaroslavl and Dmitrovsky highway located a small town Kalyazin. Like many provincial towns of Russia, the history of this city of his birth is connected with the creation of a fortress-monastery, around which the settlement grew, and in the subsequent time on opposite sides of the river having two settlements united in 1775 between himself and received by the decree of Empress Catherine II city status. Kalyazin - one of the oldest towns in Tver land, grew up on the Volga.

The city is located on the right bank of the Volga (Uglich Reservoir). In the city is Żabno mouth of the river, right tributary of the Volga.

There are several theories about the origin of the name of the city. Here's one of them. The origin of the word "Kalyazin" implies JF Nicholas, one of the experts Kalyazin history, very old. It is, one explanation comes from the Finno-Ugric word "cola", ie, "fish", and pointed out that the first settlers of these places were the fishermen of the Finno-Ugric tribes the whole procedure and measures. It is also interesting to note that in the Novgorod province was extended name Kalyazin.

Evidence of early and stay Ves Merya in this province are Finno-Ugric names Nerl River (Merle) (see 2-ed-e), villages Veski Neronovskie weighty Poretsky, Veslenevo. Thus, the version of the Finno-Ugric origin of the name of our city has some foundation. Kalyazinsky poet and essayist AD Komlev believes that the name of the settlement "Kalyazin" comes from the Finnish word "kalyaaasi", meaning "a small sailboat.

The references in the annals of the first settlement (Nicholas Żabno), located on the site of the present Kalyazin refer to the XII century. The value of settlements rose from the base in the XV century Kalyazin Trinity (Macarius) monastery on the opposite bank of the Volga.

In 1466 on the way to India, visited the monastery in Tver merchant Athanasius Nikitin. At the end of XVII century in the area of the monastery made his "amusement trips" young Peter I.

At the end of XVII century Kalyazinsky podmonastyrskaya and Nikolskaya Sloboda, and the village Pyrogovo were merged into one Kalyazinsky suburb. In 1775, a decree of Catherine II settlement was granted the status of county town.

In XVIII-XIX centuries Kalyazin is a significant trading center, twice-yearly fairs were held. Since the end of XIX century in construction of vessels, blacksmith, fuller and lace work.