Vavozh Mozhga

Vavozh, formerly Vavozh-Mozhga, was founded by members of the Mozhga clan and was recorded by 1710. Its Udmurt name combines the river name Va, or Uva, with a word for a river mouth or junction. An Orthodox parish was established in 1751, followed by a wooden church the next year. Early in the nineteenth century Vavozh became the center of a volost. A stone church of Saint Nicholas, designed by the architect Dudin, was consecrated in 1835.