Fomin

Fomin Gorodok stood where the Osuga meets the Vazuza, on a water route between the upper Volga and the Dnieper lands. It was the seat of a small principality of the Smolensk family, first mentioned in 1371. The Vazuza formed the spine of its territory, between the lands of Tver, Rzhev and Vyazma. The fortified town's position gave its princes a place on a route used by travellers moving between Novgorod and the south.