White

The city is located on the Obsha River (the basin of the Western Dvina), 294 km from Tver, near the border with the Smolensk region. The city of Bely has been known since the XIII century as the city of the Smolensk principality, later as the center of a specific principality. In 1355, White was captured by Lithuania, and only a hundred and fifty years later he retreated to Moscow. But the period of Moscow jurisdiction lasted relatively short. A hundred years later, in 1610, after a 4-month siege, it was taken by the troops of the Polish-Lithuanian interventionists. White becomes a bargaining chip in the bidding between Russian and Polish-Lithuanian rulers. In 1613 the city was occupied without a fight by Russian troops. But in 1618 he again ceded to the Commonwealth. Only in 1654, only 350 years ago, the city of Bely finally became part of the Russian state. Industrial enterprises of the city: flax factory, timber industry, a branch of the Moscow PO Stanconormal, glove factory, food industry enterprises.