Rakitnya

Rakitnya lies in the forest country south of Firovo, near the watershed of the Valdai Hills. To the west, the many reaches and islands of Lake Seliger formed part of a water route between the upper Volga and the Novgorod lands. A portage near the old fortified settlement of Berezovets linked the lake to rivers flowing toward Lake Ilmen. Woods and small lakes separate this rural district from the more heavily travelled shores of Seliger.