Leshukonskoye

Leshukonskoye lies at the meeting of the Vashka and Mezen, where the two rivers join in the northern forest. The older settlement was known as Ust-Vashka, the mouth of the Vashka. In 1615 peasants from the area invited the monk Job to found a monastery at Ust-Shchelye nearby. The confluence linked the communities of the Vashka valley with the Mezen and its route towards the White Sea.