“ The fisheries in the lake (20 m sq. in extent and 175 ft. deep) have long been of great value.
Founded in 1152 by Yuryi Dolgoruki, prince of Suzdal, Pereyaslavl soon began to play a considerable part in the history of the country From 1195 till 1302 it had princes of its own; and the princes of Moscow, to whom it was at the latter date bequeathed, kept it (apart from some temporary alienations in the 14th century) as part of their patrimony throughout the 15th and 16th centuries Lake Pleshchéevo was the scene of Peter the Great’ss first attempts (1691) at creating a fleet. ”