Since ancient times, the local residents, surrounded by continuous pine forests (which still grow here), were engaged in the tar industry. The resin was melted in furnaces, and most often in covered pits, supplying it to customers in many villages and cities, including Moscow. The first mention of Smolino dates back to 1628.
In the 18th century, it belonged to the state councilor Ivan Semenovich Lyubucheninov.
The next owner of the village was the lieutenant (later staff captain) of the Yekaterinoslav Cuirassier Regiment Lev Aleksandrovich Shcherbachev, who married the daughter of I.S. Lyubucheninov - Alexandra Ivanovna - and received Smolino for her as a dowry, with whose money the stone Ascension Church was built in 1829. The Church of St. Michael the Archangel appeared a little later; in 1855, the Dobrovolsky merchants, owners of glass factories located near Smolino, gave money for its construction.
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