History

It was founded in 1898 as a settlement serving the construction of Ochyorskaya railway station of the Perm–Vyatka

Kirov, Kirov Oblast

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 railroad. In 1904, the station was renamed Voznesenskaya , and in 1916—Vereshchagino (after the painter Vasily Vereshchagin who stopped here in 1904). It was granted town status in 1942.

Economy

Food industry, production of knitwear, manufacture of spare parts and reinforced concrete structures are the base of the town's economy. The town is also a large railway traffic center.