Cheremkhovo

Cheremkhovo grew beside the Cheremshanka stream on the road between Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk. A station for travellers and post horses was recorded here in 1743, and by 1772 a postal station was operating along the route. Inns appeared beside the road, while the settlement was known as Cheremkhovskaya Sloboda. The road connected the small community with the much longer journey across southern Siberia.