Uyskoye

Uyskoye grew from a fortress on a bend of the Uy, a tributary of the Tobol in the southern Urals. The fort was laid out in 1742 and became part of the Orenburg frontier line. It was intended to support and protect grain convoys travelling from the Iset region toward Orenburg; from 1744 its Cossacks also served along the Uy border line.