Semidesyatnoye

Semidesyatnoye was founded by service people in 1667, in the country west of the Don where fortified towns guarded Russia's southern frontier. By 1671 it was one of three villages attached to Kosten̕sk, alongside Nikolskaya and Yablochnaya. A document of 1673 records villagers acting as guarantors for a man sent to Voronezh to receive grain. In 1789 a stone church dedicated to the Archangel was built in the village, marking the growth of a settlement that had begun as a frontier community.