Porog

Porog stands on a high terrace above a bend of the Sukhona, beside the rapids of Opoki from which the village takes its name. Here the river cuts between steep, multicoloured banks, and a gravel island divides the swift water. The Sukhona was a major route between Totma and Veliky Ustyug, but its rapids and changing water levels made navigation difficult. The village's elevated position kept it above the spring floods that spread across the lower ground by the river.