Muzhech

Muzhech was a medieval centre on the upper Psel, between the lands later occupied by Sudzha and Oboyan. Its remains are associated with the fortified settlement at Gochevo, where a steep river bend and defensive earthworks protected the approaches. The surrounding district extended along the Psel and several of its tributaries, amid the wooded valleys of the forest-steppe.

Archaeologists have found evidence of a stronghold built in the last quarter of the fourteenth century at the site known as the Tsar's Palace. It controlled access to the settlement from the Psel floodplain. Finds of Golden Horde pottery and coins, together with written references to the Muzhech district, illuminate a frontier region affected by both Lithuanian and Horde power. Later records preserved the district's name even after the old fortified town had disappeared.