Klichen Island - a small island on Lake Seliger, located in the city of Ostashkov. The island is a natural monument.

The island is 89 hectares Klichen, it has varied terrain, predominantly hilly. On the island you can see in miniature the whole of nature Seliger region, so the island is unique. The island can be found pine forests, mixed and impenetrable forest, birch and rowan trees and relict. The island has a beautiful inland lake. The forest here is rich in cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries. The island has a small lake.

Klichen Island - a popular vacation spot ostashkovtsev with Island hotel is connected to the bulk dam.

The island is known for people parking Neolithic period, that is, more people lived here 2-3 thousand years BC. e. In the northern part of the cry after heavy rains, and today you can find pieces of pottery and flint tools used by our ancestors.

Most of all, the island is known for is located in the northwestern part of the island town Klichen. Klichen treated Suzdal principality and had strategic importance for him, since given the ability to control "seregersky trade route" from Novgorod in the Russian principalities of Central Russia. In 1371 the fortress was named Klichenskuyu center of a large district. Its population hunted and fished on the shores of Lake Seliger. The name "Klichen", according to legend, derives from the word "cry". According to one version, the islanders disliked passes through the waterway Seliger merchant ships. When they appear on the Lake Seliger echoing cry over, and the islanders began the attack on the merchants. According to another version, the cry was heard during the attack of enemies, and the local population was hidden under the walls of the fortress.

Novgorod want to control their trade routes, they liked the fact that there are a small town outside their control. In the second half of the 14th century Klichen been several attacks, as a result it was completely destroyed. From the cry of the residents, according to legend, he survived only one fisherman Ostashko Eustace, who moved to the current place of Ostashkov. That's his name, and was named the city.

During the Soviet period the island wanted to build a camp site, but the plans were never implemented.

From Ostashkov on Klichen through Peninsula Rye leads an asphalt road, but the entry of conventional transport here is prohibited. The island is accessible only by foot. On Klichene prohibited to cut down trees and kindle fires, garbage containers are special.