Bogatoye

Bogatoye grew on the great Moscow road along the Samara fortified line, between the forts of Krasnosamarskaya and Borskaya. An inn known as Bogaty Umyot stood there, its name referring to a shelter and the rich woodland along the river. In 1751 a settlement was founded at the inn, with a post station serving travelers between Orenburg and the Russian interior. In 1767–1772 the nobleman Pavel Obukhov and relatives acquired lands nearby and established Pavlovka, which retained the older place-name Bogaty Umyot.