Vichuga

Vichuga lies in the wooded country between the Volga and the Klyazma. The district, centred on the old village of Vichuga, appears in Ivan III's testament of 1504 among lands granted to Prince Fyodor Belsky. It later belonged to the Tatishchev family. Villages in the district combined cultivation with weaving and other crafts, laying the foundations for the textile settlements that developed around Vichuga in later generations.