Megion

Megion lies on the middle Ob at the mouth of the Mega channel, among the waterways and forests of western Siberia. Its Khanty name has been recorded as Mekhe-Ung-Pukhyl, meaning a settlement at the mouth of a river bend. The Magion yurts, a Khanty settlement, appear in archival records in 1781. The surrounding river channels and wooded banks formed part of the homeland of the Khanty people of the middle Ob.