Ust Livny

Ust-Livny was a frontier watch post in the country of the Sosna, near the meeting of the Livny streams. From 1571 it formed part of the watch service guarding the southern approaches to the Russian state. A palisade enclosed the post, with towers, gates and buildings for its guards. In 1586 a new fortified town, Livny, was established nearby where the Livenka joins the Sosna, continuing the defence of the river route toward Yelets.