Vasilyeva Sloboda

Vasilyeva Sloboda lies on the right bank of the Volga, opposite the country of Gorodets. A river landing connected the settlement with boats travelling along the great waterway. From 1610 the village belonged to Moscow’s Ascension convent, whose estate included the inhabitants and their lands. When church properties were secularised in 1764, Vasilyeva Sloboda became a state economic village. Its position on the Volga continued to shape its connections with the settlements of both banks.