Drokov

Drokov lies on the Iput in the wooded lands west of Starodub. In 1664 King John Casimir's army passed through the district during its campaign against Muscovy; local tradition connects the discovery of a revered icon with the fighting nearby. A census of 1723 recorded Cossack, peasant and other households in Drokov, reflecting the mixture of military and landed obligations in the Starodub regiment.