Village of Yepifan

The village Yepifan is 25 kilometers to the north of the the village Monastyrschino near which the Battle of Kulikovo took place. Since 16 century Yepifan was one of the fortresses of the Zasechnaya cherta or Great Abatis Border (a chain of fortification lines), which protected Russian principalities from the raids of the Crimean and Nogai Tatars.