Nadym

The Nadym River runs north from the Siberian Uvaly through forests and wetlands to the Gulf of Ob. On its lower floodplain stood Nadym Gorodok, a fortified settlement inhabited by Khanty and Nenets people. Its remains preserve evidence of life, trade and power in the northern river country.

From the late fifteenth century, buildings were erected and rebuilt at the site. In the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries Nadym Gorodok served as the seat of a leader of Great Karacheya, a political and military association of several territorial communities. Its inhabitants fished and hunted, and its position on the river connected them with other groups across the northern lowlands. The settlement was destroyed around 1730, during a period of conflict linked to the changing balance of power in the region.