Pleshcheyevo lake is a freshwater moraine lake, located in the southwestern part of the Yaroslavl region of Russia. The lake is part of the large national Park of the same name "Pleshcheyevo lake. The height of the lake above sea level is 137 m, the length of the lake – 9, 5 km, width – 6, 5 km; total water surface area is 51 sq. km and has a maximum depth of lake Pleshcheyevo reaches 25 m. Its maximum width in the lake reaches the area of the village the ancient Settlement and the village of Solanidine; maximum length of the lake is seen, from the mouth of the river Trubezh, which flows into the lake, and ending with the exit from the lake the river vex. As for the shape of the lake, it has a rounded shape, wherein the shore a completely flat, a few low-lying and swampy.

The Central part of the lake is very deep and has rounded slopes – this can only mean one thing – the lake formed due to the presence of underground karst cavities, because for this type of rocks is characterized by a slight lowering of the bed level. In the village Usolye there are numerous Salt keys.

Every year in November-the month the lake freezes, and in April opened again and feeds exclusively on snow.

The age of the lake is more than 30 thousand years. His education occurred after the retreat of the continental glaciers, which was confirmed by the location of the lake on the border of ancient alluvial sediments and glacial moraines. Formed originally the pond was much more current, because its former borders seen in the form of a raised rim on the South and East side of the lake. On this site are the villages: main Brambila, Settlement, Veskovo Red, Solanidine.

At the end of the 17th century the lake was built for training "amusing" flotilla belonging to Peter the great. In the first decades of the 20th century it was again revived, but only by a few years.

The second name of the lake is Pereslavl, which was obtained by the same name located on the shores of Pereslavl-Zalessky. Also the lake has a name: Chameeva, kleweno, Plemena, Plesae, Plescheevskaya, Pereslavskoe, Plesca, Plemena, Perejaslavskoe and Pleshey.

Most often indicated on maps as lake Pleshcheyevo, but the rest of the name was never used in the designation of the lake on maps. The famous historian of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, Alexander Swirlin indicated that the correct name of the lake sounds like Plesee or Plemena, but the other names are only skewed, or even illiterate.

According to popular legend, the lake got its name due to the fact that the lake has the ability to throw and throw to throw out all things in it.

With regard to the biological productivity of lake Pleshcheyevo, then it is high enough. An important indicator of productivity is the average biomass of benthos, which is 209 kg/ha; with an annual average zooplankton biomass is equal to 2, 25 mg/l.

Fish community are 16 different species of fish, the most valuable of which, in the commercial sense, are bream, silver bream, perch, burbot, bleak, roach, pike and vendace. You can meet other species of fish: carp, loach, ruff, gudgeon, tench and these bodies of water.

On the shores of lake living birds: white-tailed eagle, Swan, duck, osprey, gull and Heron. It is important to note that swans found here is quite rare – when do the flights.

In the area of lake fisheries are well developed, also it caught commercial fish, such as Pereslavl whitefish, which is listed in the red book, and also – ruff, perch.

On lake Pleshcheyevo popular for kitesurfing in summer or Snowkiting in the winter periods of the year.

On the coast of the lake there are many attractions and monuments, including the monument called "Kleshchinska complex", the famous Blue stone, Nikitsky monastery and Museum "Botik of Peter I".