Kargasok

Kargasok first appears in archival records in 1640, but that date is not a securely established foundation year. The district's historical account considers the settlement to have existed earlier among the Selkup people, with Russian newcomers subsequently settling beside them. It interprets the Selkup name Kargasok as Bear Cape and also points to the Indigenous name of the Panigatka River as evidence of this older setting.

The early village stood on the small, navigable Panigatka rather than at the later Ob landing. This distinction matters when following its history: the shift toward the more convenient Ob bank belongs mainly to the nineteenth century after the period described here. The district account recalls settlers trying wheat, rye and barley on poor soils, while floodplain pasture, fishing and forest resources offered other means of support. Its earliest dated mention thus marks the appearance of an already inhabited river locality in surviving written records, rather than the beginning of human occupation.