Kleshchin
Vanished settlement · Russia
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 56.776, 38.840
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Исчезнувший древнерусский город
History
Kleshchin (Клещин) was a Meryan town on the eastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo in Zalesye. It is thought that the lake owes its name to the derelict town: the opening lines of the Primary Chronicle refer to the lake as Kleshchino. In 1152, Grand Duke George I of Vladimir had Kleshchin transferred 4500 meters to the south, renaming it Pereslavl-Beyond-the-Woods.