In 1907,
Bologoye - Polotsk Railway was opened, and Kuzhenkino became one of the original stations of the railway. At the time, it belonged to
Valdaysky Uyezd of
Novgorod Governorate. In August 1927, the governorates and uyezds were abolished. Bologovsky District, with the administrative center in the town of
Bologoye, was established within
Borovichi Okrug of
Leningrad Oblast effective October 1, 1927. It included parts of former Valdaysky Uyezd. Kuzhenkino became a part of the district. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On January 29, 1935 Bologovsky District was transferred to newly established
Kalinin Oblast. In 1939, Kuzhenkino was granted
urban-type settlement status. In 1990, Kalinin Oblast was renamed Tver Oblast. The settlement was the location for the
2023 Wagner Group plane crash. According to the Russian emergency ministry, a plane en route from
Moscow to
St. Petersburg crashed near Kuzhenkino on 23 August 2023. The flight reportedly contained 10 passengers, among them Russian army officer and alleged
Wagner Group co-founder
Dmitry Utkin and Wagner Group leader
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a
mutiny in Russia just 2 months prior. ==Economy==