Ural Forests

Spruce and fir forests cover the western foothills of the northern Urals, between the upper Pechora and Ilych rivers. The Pechora begins in these mountains and descends toward the northern lowland. Mansi hunters used the upper river country before Komi settlers established a village at the mouth of the Northern Mylva in 1674. The wooded valleys and ridges formed part of a landscape shared by hunters, fishers and later river settlements.