About the book: 1957 / The authors of this work set themselves the goal of presenting in a popular form the history of the city of Gzhatsk from the moment of its foundation to the present day in inextricable connection with history of the country, talk about the successes achieved by agricultural workers in the region and briefly characterize the conditions thanks to which the region came to first place in the Smolensk region. The work is intended for a wide range of readers and does not in any way pretend to be scientific research..