Lyubim

Lyubim stands beside the Obnora, a tributary of the Kostroma River in the upper Volga basin. The settlement has been known since 1546, when the forested country north of the Volga lay within the expanding Muscovite state. It received town status in 1777. Its river setting places it within the network of tributaries that drain the country between Yaroslavl, Kostroma and Vologda.