Bezhetsk.

Bezhetsk located in north-eastern part of Tvepckoy oblacti and yavlyaetcya administpativnym tsentrom Bezhetskogo payona. Tvepckaya oblact rpacpolozhena in tsentpe Voctochno-Evpopeyckoy pavniny. Bezhetsk adminictpativny tsentp Bezhetsk payona Tvepckoy oblacti. Pacpolozhen 126 kilometpax From Tvepi. Bezhetsk naxoditcya nA zheleznodopozhnoy branch Conkovo ​​- Bologoe. Chiclennoct naceleniya coctavlyaet chelovek 25 000 (2010 Year).
The name is Bezhetsk From bezh - bezhentsy, fugitives. According to legend, the village was founded by refugees Bezhichi of Novgorod. Its area is 84,000 square meters. km, population - 1.5 million people. The region comprises 36 districts, 21 towns, 32 urban villages. The administrative center - the city of Tver, important cities: Rzhev Vyshny Volochok, Bezhetsk, Torzhok Staritsa, Nelidovo, Ostashkov, Konakovo, Kimpy, Kpshin. Region was formed January 29, 1935 and until 1990 was called Kalinin. Tver Region is part of the Central federal district. From south to north through the city flows the river Mologa, taking in the city one of the largest of its tributaries - the River Ostrechinu. Bezhetsk located 120 kilometers from the regional center, the railway network is connected with St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Samara, and road transport - to Moscow, Tver, Vologda, Yaroslavl. Bezhetsk territory of the district is 2810 square meters. km, the city Bezhetska - 17 square meters. km. Administrative Bezhetskiy area is divided into 24 rural districts and includes 404 settlements. The population of the district on January 1, 2004 amounted to 43.5 thousand of them live in the city 28.6 thousand people.
Bezhetsk first mentioned in the Novgorod Chronicle in 1137 as a center Bezhetsk Top - Parish of Novgorod the Great, although archaeological evidence suggests that ancient Bezhetsk originated much earlier. Until 1766 the city was called Gorodetsky.
In 1766, by decree of Catherine II, renamed Bezhetsk Gorodetsky, who becomes the center of the county. Coat of arms of the city, approved in 1780, depicted at the bottom of a bush of raspberries in a silver box. This delicious berry very abundant in the neighborhood. But she testified, and the traces of fire and desolation.
Eight and a half centuries of history lead us in times of epics, handwritten letters and chronicles. Wealth and a comfortable position on trade routes in the region attracted merchants, artisans and merchants. Not once ravaged Bezhetskiy top of the XIII century the Lithuanians and the Tartars. But most of all he got from the Russian princes. Two centuries Bezhetsk been a bone of contention between Novgorod, Tver and Moscow. Repeatedly burned the grand dukes and ravaged with unprecedented cruelty flourishing region. However, like in a fairy tale, from the ashes every time the city was reborn to new life.
From the middle of the XVIII century commerce has become the main occupation bezhechan. Established strong links with Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Uglich, Kostroma, Ustyuzhna, Kashino, Novgorod, St. Petersburg and other cities in central Russia. And decades later, it was not Bezhetsk know - it has grown significantly, landscaped, prettier. And now preserved in whole blocks of houses, whose venerable age has long crossed the centenarians. Two-story merchant houses like boasting to each other involution building, with carved wooden decorations of the walls and windows. And in between boulders dominate at home
Transfiguration Church
wealthy merchants and industrialists.
Transfiguration tserkovOdin only house
Brothers Nevorotinyh can outshine its pretentiousness palace decoration of any metropolitan grandees. By the end of the XIX century Bezhetsk becoming one of the largest centers in Russia linen trade. England, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy knew Bezhetskiy flax. Million revolutions bezhetskim allowed merchants to not only decorate their own houses, but also donate money to build schools, hospitals and other charitable purposes. The city was decorated with white walls and golden domes of the churches. By 1917 there were about 20 Bezhetske churches and chapels. The most beautiful of them were destroyed in the 20's and 30's. Ill time did not spare the monuments antiquity. In the heat of fires and wars, died wooden temples, princely palaces, old, and was dismantled in the XVIII century city Kremlin.