- Sknyatino
Sknyatino ( _ru. Скнятино) is a village in
Kalyazinsky District ofTver Oblast ,Russia , situated at the confluence of the Nerl and theVolga River s, about halfway betweenUglich andTver . It is the site of the medieval town of Ksnyatin, founded byYuri Dolgoruki in 1134 and named after his son Constantine.Ksnyatin was intended as a fortress to defend the Nerl waterway, leading to Yuri's residence at
Pereslavl-Zalessky , againstNovgorod ians. The latter sacked it on several occasions, before theMongol s virtually annihilated the settlement in 1239. After that, it belonged to the princes of Tver and was devastated by their enemies in 1288. By the 14th century, the neighbouring towns ofKalyazin andKashin superseded it in importance. Since 1459, Ksnyatin has been documented as a village. Itskremlin area and cathedral were flooded in 1939, when they created theUglich Reservoir .
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