Siberian Forests

Forests and river valleys cover the country north of Ufa, between the Belaya and the Kama basin. Askino grew here after 1630, when tribute-paying peasants arrived from the Osa district. Farther north, Aspa became a works settlement beside a copper smelter that began operating in 1749. The road from Ufa toward Kungur crossed this region, linking its villages to the towns and industrial settlements of the western Urals.