It wis foondit in the 1840s bi the laund awner coontess Yuliya Samoylova as Grafskaya Slavyanka (Гра́фская Славя́нка). In 1846, it wis purchased bi the govrenment an renamit Tsarskaya Slavyanka (Ца́рская Славя́нка). Till 1918, it wis kent as the dounset at the Rogers an Peiffer factory (посёлок при фабрике Роджерса и Пейффера) an aw. It wis grantit urban-teep dounset status in 1953 an toun status in 1993.