Rtishchevo

Rtishchevo began as the village of Pokrovskoye, one of the early Russian settlements in the Khopyor country. A parish existed there by 1666, and its inhabitants were serfs of several landowners. In 1723 Peter I allotted land in this region to veterans of the Great Northern War. Among them was Major Vasily Rtishchev, who received Pokrovskoye and lands along the Olshanka. His family brought serfs from other estates in 1727, and the village acquired the second name Rtishchevo after its owner.