Vesyegonsk

Known since 1524 as the village of All Yegorskaya Gorodetsky camp Bezhetsky Upper. All Egonskaya - "all on the river Egna", where the whole ancient Russian "village, village". Later, the village of Allegonskoe.

Until 1764, the village belonged to the Moscow Simonov Monastery, was a major trading and commercial center. In the 16th century the village was famous for fairs. Wax, hops, honey, salt, fish, caviar, cloth, fur, etc. were sold.

In 1610-14, the village suffered greatly from raids by Polish-Lithuanian troops. In the 18th century. passed into the jurisdiction of the state.

In 1776 the village of Vseigonsk became the city of Vseigonsk. In the 18th and 19th centuries fairs were restored, the economic situation of the city improved. The Epiphany and Epiphany annual fairs were among the most significant fairs of the Russian Empire. Since 1803 the state city of Tver province. At the end of the 19th century, due to the decline of the Tikhvin water system, it lost the importance of a trade and transit point from Astrakhan to St. Petersburg.

In 1939, during the construction of the Rybinsk hydroelectric plant, it was partially in the flood zone (transferred to half a kilometer from the old city). The uninundated part of Vseigonsk became a working village. In 1953, the city again.