Uzhur

Uzhur stands on the Uzhurka and Chernavka rivers in the country west of the Yenisei. It began as a Khakas settlement around the residence of the prince Gavriil Ulchugashev. Its earlier name, Khuchur-Tura, referred to a settlement on saline ground. A wooden church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul was laid out in 1770, with Ulchugashev helping to finance it; the settlement became the village of Uzhurskoye.