Korenevo

Korenevo lies in the wooded lowland north of the Volga, in the country between the great river and the Vetluga basin. To the south, Gorodets stood on the Volga’s high bank and governed a principality whose history was bound to the river. The Mongol invasion devastated Gorodets and the Volga lands in 1238, but settlement and princely rule continued after the attack. The forests around Korenevo formed part of the wider countryside beyond this river stronghold.