Obdorsk

Obdorsk stood on the Poluy near its confluence with the lower Ob, in the northern lands inhabited by Indigenous communities. Russian expansion brought a fortified post there in the 1590s; sources differ between 1593 and 1595 for its foundation. The post became a centre for the collection of fur tribute and for contact with peoples of the surrounding tundra and river country.

A church was built in 1602, and the settlement became an administrative and trading point on northern routes. In 1731 a fort was built on the hill above the Poluy. The town's history reflects both the longstanding presence of the region's Indigenous societies and the growth of Russian authority and exchange along the lower Ob.