Ray (Smolensk region)


Ray is a village in Smolensk region of Russia. Located in the central part of region, 1.5 km to the south of the motorway :ru:Р120_|A141, and 6 km to the south-west of Smolensk.
Population – 132 residents. Included in the Prigorskii rural settlement.

History

South German knight Jacob von-der after entering the service of the Polish king Wladyslaw IV received land holdings in the Smolensk district, and then was added to the Polish nobility. Later he added his name to the nickname "Lyarsky". After 1654, he went into the service of king, named Alexei Mikhailovich, retaining his possessions, he began to be called Vonlyarlyarski. Alexander Vasilievich Vonlyarlyarsky called his farmstead "Ray". Since 1813 homestead heavily built up, was built the house, the stone church, a park. Currently, from the estate preserved Kazan church and bell tower.