Skopin

Skopin is a city in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, positioned on the Vyorda River 109 kilometers southwest of Ryazan. Skopin is taken into consideration to be one of the oldest towns in Ryazan Oblast. A agreement named Likharevskoye Gorodishche near gift-day Skopin become founded some time inside the 12^th century. It changed into fortified with moats and ramparts for protection against the Cuman humans. In 1663, the Tsar constructed a timber citadel immediate of cutting-edge Skopin, which would emerge as part of the defense device on the southeast of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

It have been known as Skopinskaya sloboda since the overdue 17^th century. In 1778, the city become renamed Skopin. In the 18th century, the town lost its military importance. In the second one half of the 19th century, mining for brown coal commenced within the outskirts of Skopin, which might keep till 1989. The city have become regarded for its handicraft ceramic objects with the discovery of fire clay deposits inside the region. There is a museum of Skopin ceramics within the town.