Teshevka

Teshevka grew beside the stream of the same name near its meeting with the Don. A monastic settlement was recorded here in 1615, and a wooden church near the river mouth became the beginning of the Zadonsk Monastery. Its peasants formed the settlement of Teshevka amid land granted to support the religious house. In 1764 the village passed out of monastic ownership, and in 1779 it became the district town of Zadonsk. Its earlier name remained attached to the stream that divided the town.