It was first mentioned in the late 14th century. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries it was annexed to t...
It was first mentioned in the late 14th century. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries it was annexed to the Moscow state. The official date of foundation is 1536, when a new fortress was built on the site of an ancient settlement on the cape, at the confluence of the Konevets stream into the Western Dvina (the remains of the shaft and moat were preserved).
Located on the Western Dvina River, which according to some authors in the upper reaches was once called Velja - "big"; the hypothesis is confirmed by the existence of the villages of Velischi, Privelje, Zavelje lying on this river.
From 1580 under Polish rule, it received the Magdeburg Law. With 1655 as part of the Russian state, in 1678 it again fell to Poland. In 1722 it became part of Russia.
Since 1776, the county city was first Pskov, then Vitebsk province.
Until the 19th century, Velizh had trade relations with Riga on the Western Dvina. The main occupations of the residents were the construction of barges and rafting.
During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, it was occupied by German fascist troops in July 1941, liberated in September 1943, Velizh was badly destroyed.
Velizh is an important center for logging. Lespromkhoz, forestry, furniture factory.
Linen processing plant, branch of the Moscow plant of electromechanisms, dairy plant, bakery.
In the Velizhsky district, grain crops, flax, potatoes are grown. They raise cattle, pigs.
Limestone, peat, glass sands, gravel.
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