Materials of the scientific and practical conference. December 7, 2005 The collection “History of Gzhat Villages” offered to the reader contains materials from the scientific and practical conference of the same name, held by the United Memorial Museum on December 7, 2005. The authors showed genuine interest in studying the past of our region, systematized and generalized some information on the history of settlements in the Gzhatsky district - Gagarinsky district. The collection is intended for historians, teachers, local historians, and for anyone interested in the history of our region.