Zemetchino

Zemetchino lies in the wooded country west of the Moksha. It was recorded in 1684 as Rozhdestvenskoye, named for its Church of the Nativity, and the name Zemetchino appears in documents from 1722. Early inhabitants cultivated land and hunted, but also collected wild honey and practised tar making and leatherworking. Its position on the road to Kerensk helped the village develop as a local centre for the surrounding countryside.