Kalyazin (Russian: Каля́зин) is a small town in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located at 57°14′N 37°51′E, on the Volga River, 25 km east of Kashin and 30 km west of Uglich. Population: 16,000 (2002 Census). Tver Oblast (Russian: Тверска́я о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... The Volga river in Western Russia, Europes longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe. ... A church in the center of Kashin. ... Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...

Kalyazin appeared in the 12th century as a sloboda, or the settlement for people relieved from paying taxes. The town's importance grew significantly with the foundation of the Makaryevsky monastery on the opposite bank of the Volga in the 15th century. This abbey used to be the most conspicuous landmark of Kalyazin and comprised numerous buildings of historic interest, including a refectory from 1525. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Sloboda was a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. ... A tax is a charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... A refectory is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ...

In 1940 the monastery and most of the old town were flooded during the construction of the Uglich Reservoir. After that, the town was effectively relocated to a new, higher spot. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...