Mednoye was first mentioned as a
votchina of one of Tver
boyars in some documents dating from the 14th century. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the village prospered due to its location on the road leading from Tver to
Torzhok and
Novgorod. During the
Oprichnina, there were 104 households in the village. In the 19th century, Mednoye was a post station on the route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. One chapter of
Alexander Radishchev's
Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow is dedicated specifically to this village. ,
Częstochowa,
Poland) During
World War II Mednoye was a centre of heavy tank fighting (October 1941) which formed part of the
Battle of Moscow. It also became known as a
NKVD mass execution site. Between April 3 and April 19, 1940, 6,311
Polish officers from the
Ostashkov POW camp were brought to the area of Mednoye and subsequently shot to death behind the village of Yamka during the
Katyn massacre. ==Sights==