Borovichi

Borovichi is the second one biggest town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The Msta River was an crucial waterway in view that at the least the 10th century, because it connected Novgorod with the basins of the Volga and the Northern Dvina Rivers. The agreement became first noted in 1495. It changed into granted metropolis popularity in 1770 by way of Catherine the Great. The essential occupation of the city's population became piloting ships thru the rapids of the Msta River that was part of an important waterway connecting Central Russia with the Baltic Sea. However, by using the mid-19^th century, after beginning of the Volga–Baltic Waterway and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, the importance of the Msta River as a transport path has reduced.

In the course of the administrative reform finished in 1708 via Peter the Great, the area became blanketed into Ingermanland Governorate. In 1727, separate Novgorod Governorate turned into cut up off. In 1773, Borovichsky Uyezd became hooked up. In 1776, the location changed into transferred to Novgorod Viceroyalty. In 1796, the viceroyalty turned into abolished and Borovichsky Uyezd changed into transferred to Novgorod Governorate. Sources of hearth clay had been determined close to the city in the 19th century, and the primary hearth brick production plant opened in the area in 1855. In 1878, a railway branch linked the metropolis to Uglovka station of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, which allowed to establish numerous large hearth brick plants in 1880.