Konakovo

Konakovo is a town and the place of business of Konakovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, placed on the proper bank of Ivankovo Reservoir Volga River. Konakovo become based in 1806 because the selo of Kuznetsovo. The call originates from the final call Kuznetsov, who turned into one of the early owners. The selo turned into not doing thoroughly and was almost deserted by means of the 1820s. In 1826–1828, a faience manufacturing facility was transferred there from the village of Domkino, approximately 30 kilometers east of Kuznetsovo.

The factory changed into built by way of service provider Auerbach in Domkino on the assets which belonged to a nearby landowner, and by 1829 the lease agreement expired and changed into now not extended. In 1826, Auerbach bought all lands in and around Kuznetsovo. In 1870, the manufacturing unit was purchased by means of industrialist Matvey Kuznetsov unrelated to Kuznetsov who gave the name to the village and have become known as Kuznetsov Faience Factory. After 1918, the manufacturing unit changed into nationalized, and one in all its specializations turned into art manufacturing.

To this quit, it mounted collaboration with many hooked up Russian artists of the time. The Konakovo Power Station, a thermal strength plant, is the biggest corporation in Konakovsky District. In 2008, it produced over 60% of the GDP of the district. Konakovo has a railway station, Konakovo GRES. It is connected to the Saint Petersburg – Moscow Railway by using a line which branches off in Reshetnikovo. It is attached by using normal passenger suburban carrier with Moscow.