Svaretskoe lake

In the scribe book of 1497/98 of the letter of Matvey Ivanovich Valuev, in the text on Belsky Pogost there is a description of two villages with the name Svarzo, belonging to the native people Maxim Stepanov and Ivan Gridin.

“Maxim Stepanov and brother of his son Ivanets Gridin.
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D.Svarzo the Greater: dv. Oleshko Kurov da Ofonos Fofanov, dv. Ofonos Dorofeev and his children Kirilko da Levon, arable land 8 baskets, and hay 30 kopen, 2 kilns.

D.Svarzo Menshoe: dv. "Misha Stepanov, and his children Yashko da Fedot, arable land 5 baskets, and hay 30 kopecks, obzh."

- [RGADA, F.137, Op.1, Novgorod, No. 2-A]; published: "Novgorod scribe books published by the Archaeographic Commission." T.IV. Editor Timofeev A.I. SPb. 1886. The text is given as amended by this publication.

In the scribal book of 1498/99, letters of Matvey Ivanovich Valuev in the palace lands of the Lyatsky Pogost, formerly behind Kazimir Alexandrov, describe the village of Skodorovo.

“Der. Skodorovo: in the courtyard Fedka Ivanov, his son Kuzemka, in the courtyard Gavza Demekhov, his son Nefed, in the courtyard Makar Afilonov, arable land 8 baskets, hay 40 kopen, 2 obzh. ”

- [RGADA, F. 1209, Op. 1, No. 706, l. 165]; published: "Novgorod scribe books published by the Archaeographic Commission." T.V. Editor Epiphany S.K. SPb. 1905. The text is given as amended by this publication.

The first written references to the lake are in the scribe book of 1571 of the letter of Yanysh Ivanov, son of Muravyov and clerk Kirilko Kstechkov . In those days, it lay on the border of Belsky and Lyatsky pogosts and belonged to landowners Ivan and Grigory Veshnyakov's children of Parsky (Belsky pogost), Vasily Vasilyev to his son Parsky (Lyatsky pogost) and zemstvos Timofey Ivanov, son of Zhitkovsky and Tretyak Naumov (Belsky pogost).

“For Ivan and for Grigory for Veshnyakov’s children of Parsky.
Manor Svarets: dv.bolshoy, dv. Ivan da Grigore Veshnyakov’s children of Parsky, half-2 livestock, arable land in the field of 7 quarters, and in two, hay, 15 kopens, and the black forest length and breadth; Yes, Lake Svarets, along and across the shooting range, and in it fish perch and carpentry, in spite of Vasily and Parsky.
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For Timofey, for the Ivanov son of Zhitkovsky, and for the Tretyak for Naumov.
Der The svarets, 2 livestock, half live-off is empty, and on the living: Timokha’s daughters, arable land in the field is 4 quarters, and in two, hay, 5 kopen, and the arable land, sowing and mowing was the same on the empty half-life, forest plowed and uncultivated along a mile and a half versts across; Yes, at that village, Lake Svarets, along a mile and a half versts across, and the fish in it are pike and carpentry.
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And those villages were written for Maxim for Stepanov’s son and for his brother for Ivashka for Gridin.
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For Vasily Vasiliev son of Parsky.

Der Skrudovo: two empty posts, in the field I sow 4 quarters, and in two for that reason, the hay is 10 kopecks, the obzh is empty; Lake Svarets, with perch and carpentry in it. ”

- [RGADA, F.137, Op.1, Novgorod, No. 8, p. 182ob., 183, 188ob .. 210]; published: "Novgorod scribe books published by the Archaeographic Commission." T.V. Editor Epiphany S.K. SPb. 1905. The text is given as amended by this publication.

At the time of the General Land Surveying (at the end of the 18th century), this lake was allocated into a separate country house with an area of ​​29 acres of 436 square fathoms (31.9 hectares). It belonged to the landowners Natalia Mikhailovna Myakhka (owner of the village of Svarets (now the tract Maly Svarets)), Dmitry Vasilyev son Tatishchev (owner of the village of Svarets and part of the village of Svarets (now - Big Svarets)), Anna Trofimova daughter wife Glotova (owner of part of the village nowadays - the Big Svarets)) and the peasants of the palace department (from the village of Navogosh).

according to the general plan	in part a plan	title of cottages and owners	number of yards	soul revision		under the estate		arable land		mowing		the forest		uncomfortable		Total		short economic note
				m at well e with to but	well e n with to but	d e with I t and n s	with but well e n and	d e with I t and n s	with but well e n and	d e with I t and n s	with but well e n and	d e with I t and n s	with but well e n and	d e with I t and n s	with but well e n and	d e with I t and n s	with but well e n and
1599	3	Lake Svaretskoe Natalia Mikhailovna Myakhka, Dmitry Vasilyev son Tatishchev, Anna Trofimova daughter of his wife Glotova and Kazenna Polata departments of palace peasants. {C / 60}												29th	436	29th	436	Water for human consumption and livestock is healthy, in it fish are caught in various small animals.

- [RGADA, F. 13535, Op. 1, No. 1138, pp. 312 Rev. / 313]

In 1862, near the Svaretsky lake there was the village of Svorets Pokrovsky with a manor (Pokrovsky), an Orthodox chapel and 19 courtyards, 82 of them were male and 78 female; and the village of Svorets Talyzin (now Bolshoy Svarets) has 12 yards, 37 of them are male and 36 female ^[3] .

At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries, many farms were rebuilt on the lands previously owned by landowners from Pokrovskoye Manor; the inhabitants of these farms were mainly Estonians. The farms were called - Svarets Pokrovsky, or in Estonian - Vartsi Puustus ^[4] .

In February 1931, the territory under the Pokrovsky National Estonian Village Council was allocated from the Svaretsky Village Council with a center in the village of Maly Svarets, however, in fact, this village council was never created and was officially excluded from the lists of village councils in October 1934 ^[5] .

In 1936 there were villages on the shore of Lake Svaretsky: Maly Svarets (19 houses, the center of the village council), Novogosh (27 houses), a little east of the lake - Big Svarets (34 houses), on the north shore and further from the lake to the north-east Svarets Pokrovsky farms (59 houses) ^[6] .

• Map sheet O-35-46 Hare . Scale: 1: 100 000. The condition of the area for 1977. 1982 edition