Chastoozerye

Chastoozerye stands beside Lake Martynovo in a district of many lakes on the southern West Siberian plain. Its name recalls the abundance of waters in the surrounding country. After a church and parish were established in the early 1820s, the settlement became known as Chastoozerye; by the 1830s it held markets twice a year. The lakes and flat land remain the defining features of its setting.