Dmitriyev

Dmitriyev lies on the Svapa, a tributary of the Seim, in the wooded border country of the Kursk lands. The settlement of Dmitriyevskoye belonged to a monastery before its lands were transferred to state administration in 1764. Catherine II raised the village to the status of a district town in 1779, and it became known as Dmitriyev on the Svapa to distinguish it from other places with similar names.