Belogorye

Belogorye lies on the Irtysh near its meeting with the Ob, in the forest and wetland country of western Siberia. The place was associated with a Khanty and Mansi sacred centre visited for offerings. A Russian settlement later grew on the riverbank and served travellers along the waterway. Its setting joins the Irtysh valley to the great Ob floodplain farther north.