Byezhetsk
From LoveToKnow 1911
BYEZHETSK, a town of Russia, in the government of Tver, and 70 m. N.N.E. of the city of that name, on the right bank of the Mologa, in 57° 46' N. lat. and 36° 43' E. long. Pop. (1860) 54 2 3; (1897) 9090. It is mentioned in the chronicles of 1137. On the fall of Novgorod, to which it had belonged, it was incorporated (1479) with the grand-duchy of Moscow. The town is famous for its scythes andshearing hooks,but makes also axes,nails and other hardware, and trades in grain, linen, hemp and flax.
|
<< Byelostok |
By-law >> |
