Plotnichny Lane runs from Sergeyevskaya Street to Ilyinka. One of the oldest streets in Nizhny Novgorod, it has been known since the early 17th century. Its name most likely derives from the carpenters — "woodworkers" — who lived here. In the 17th century, the street was lined with the yards of craftsmen (a silversmith, a cobbler, a dyer) and prosperous citizens, including Fyodor Kozol, the zemsky starosta of Nizhny Novgorod in the 1630s, who later became a merchant of the Moscow gostinaya sotnya. According to the city plans of the 18th century, the street was not intended to be preserved. Only the plans of A. A. Betancourt and V. I. Geste of 1823–1824, and subsequently the confirmed plan of 1839, organized the street's existing development along straightened building lines. In this way, not only the ancient name of one of Nizhny Novgorod's streets was preserved, but also its alignment, which had taken shape over the course of centuries.