Dukhovnitskoye

Dukhovnitskoye stands beside the Volga and Lake Shaganino, on the river's eastern bank. A village called Pavlovskoye, also known as Novo-Pavlovka, was established beside the lake in 1778 under Catherine II. Its later name, Dukhovnitskoye, belonged to a riverside community whose fields and woods faced the great waterway. Grain and timber from the surrounding country could be loaded at the landing and carried down the Volga to other markets.