Manturovo

Manturovo was a small village on the Unzha, recorded in the survey of the Unzha district in 1617. Nearby stood the Nikolsky churchyard, with wooden churches of St Nicholas and the prophet Elijah. Their furnishings and bells were supplied by the community. The surrounding Verkhovskaya district traded with northern towns including Totma and Veliky Ustyug, exchanging local goods for salt. In the seventeenth century its lands passed through princely and state hands and were divided into service estates.