Motygino

Motygino lies on the lower Angara in Siberia, where rivers link forest country with the Yenisei. Fishing, hunting and woodland resources supported communities along these waterways, though rapids and seasonal conditions complicated travel.

In 1628 the Russian service leader Pyotr Beketov founded Rybinsky ostrog on the Angara, at the place known as Rybnoye. The fort was used to collect fur tribute from local Indigenous people, including through taking hostages. Motygino itself was founded in 1671 and took its name from its first Russian settler; in 1822 the village became part of the new Yenisei province.