Mednoye, Tver Oblast

Mednoye was first mentioned as a votchina of one of Tver boyars in some documents dating from the 14th century.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, the village prospered due to its location on the road leading from Tver to Torzhok and Novgorod.

One chapter of Alexander Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow is dedicated specifically to this village.

During World War II Mednoye was a centre of heavy tank fighting (October 1941) which formed part of the Battle of Moscow.

Apart from the Katyn war cemetery, the landmarks of Mednoye include the Church of Our Lady of Kazan (1764), the 18th-century post station, and the memorial house of Sergey Lemeshev.