Kartauzh

Kartauzh was the centre of the Konda principality, a Mansi polity in the forested river country of western Siberia. Its rulers belonged to a dynasty related to the princes of Pelym, whose larger principality included Konda as a subordinate domain. The settlement was known as Konda town, and remained a seat of local authority even after the loss of independence.

Russian forces campaigning beyond the Urals captured Kartauzh and took its prince Agay and his family prisoner in the winter of 1593–94. The old ruling family nevertheless continued to play a part in governing Konda. In the seventeenth century, relatives of the princes resided at Kartauzh and oversaw local people subject to fur tribute. A Russian decree of 1624 sought to keep the princes Vasily and Fyodor from visiting Great Konda, but their relatives still exercised authority there.