Sasovo

Sasovo lies on the Tsna in the river country of the Meshchera lowlands. The village appears in the Shatsk district's land survey of 1617. Its serf inhabitants pursued crafts as well as agriculture, with rope spinning and the manufacture of cordage among their principal occupations. Navigation on the Tsna and Moksha connected the surrounding district with a wider network of river traffic. A stone church dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan was built in Sasovo in 1815.