The settlement received market rights in 1377 and town privileges in 1471.
The settlement received its name in 1893 when the settlers had to choose a name for their new post office.
This was also a period when the settlement received its present constitution.
The settlement received town rights between 1191 and 1196, making it one of the oldest towns in the country.
The settlement still must receive final approval from the court.
Other nearby settlements would receive word to come and watch.
In 1776, the settlement officially received town status and became a center of an uyezd.
The settlement received a post office in 1894, and by 1900 its population had reached 362.
At about that time, the settlement received a town charter and became the seat of a castellany.
On December 11, 1276 the settlement received city rights.
