Maksatikha.

- Small town, the administrative center Maksatihinskogo District, Tver Region. Located on the River Mologa, between the rivers flowing into it and Volchin Rivitsa, 117 km north of Tver. The population is 9,1 thousand people.
Maksatikha first mentioned in 1545 as repairs Maksyatiha. The name "Maksatikha" is probably the Karelian origin.
It is known that in 1772 the village belonged to Maksatikha Rybinsk district Bezhetsk County and belonged to the landlord Mel'nitskii. Urban-type settlement status - since 1928.
Attractions Maksatikha: All Saints Church (Church of Christ) - was built in 1827, local history museum, a monument to VI Lenin, Nicholas Terebenskaya desert song "Obelisk of Glory."
History:
May 19, 1978 near the crash occurred Maksatikha Tu-154 aircraft, which followed on the route Baku - Leningrad. The plane made an emergency landing in the village of Hop on a potato field. 4 people died in 127. Commission of Inquiry into the accident called the main reason for the error a flight engineer who have disabled automatic transfer of fuel supply tank, which led in turn to stop the engine.