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68-496: In a modern context, the term Yugra generally refers to a political constituent of the Russian Federation formally known as Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra , located in the lands historically known as Ioughoria . In modern Russian, this word is rendered "Югория" ( Yugoria ), and is used as a poetic synonym of the region. At the beginning of the 16th century, the similarity between Yugria (the latinized form of

136-729: A Mansi war band that had invaded the Russian settlers territory and ended as a punitive expedition against the Pelym Mansi and their ally the Siberian Khan. In some sources, Alach, Prince of Koda figures as an important ally of the Siberian Khan Kuchum Khan and is said to have been awarded one of the Yermak mail-coats taken from the enemy (Bahrushin 1955, 1:114). In 1592, another Russian campaign against

204-589: A campaign under the command of Prince Asyka . Moscow reciprocated by forming an alliance with Prince Vasily of Great Perm who together with the warriors of Vym who took part in the 1465 expedition to Yugra (Bahrushin 1955,1:76). It is recorded in the Russian Chronicles that, in 1465, as a result of this raid, two minor "Yugrian" princes (Kalpik and Chepik) were compelled to submit to the Russians and pay tribute . They were soon deposed. In 1467, during

272-410: A compromise was reached whereby the idols would be saved – for now at least – and at last Nahratsh who had consulted the elders of the village proposed a compromise: We will now obey the ruler's regulations and ukase. So we will not discard your teaching, we only beg you not to reject the idol so revered by our fathers and grandfathers, and if you wish to christen us, honour also our idol, christen it in

340-431: A huge tree there which is like a big village. But on top of the tree there sits a large creature, they say it is a bird. And they bring merchandise along, and each merchant sets down his goods apart from those of the others; and he makes a mark on them and leaves, but when he comes back, he finds commodities there, necessary for his own country ... (Al Garnati:32) The Russians were attracted to Siberia by its furs , and

408-524: A more honourable manner – with a golden cross. Then we will decorate and build a church with all the icons ourselves, as a custom goes, and we will place ours also among these. This arrangement seems to have lasted for a while, but later it is recorded that this agreement was broken and the totems and idols so sacred to the Mansi and Khanty were burned by Russian Christian zealots. Many of these totems were not destroyed, but hidden, their locations kept secret over

476-527: A professor at Cracow University . The golden idol appeared on Sigismund von Herberstein 's map of Moscovia published in 1549, and on a number of later maps, such as Gerhard Mercator 's Map of the Arctic (1595) , where it is labeled Zolotaia Baba (from Russian Золотая баба – "Golden Lady" or "Golden Idol "). In connection with Yermak 's campaign, the Siberian Chronicles also mention

544-404: A second campaign, Prince Asyka himself was captured and brought to Vyatka (Bahrushin 1955,2:113). In 1483, Moscow sent forth another expedition against the princes of Yugra and Konda where the "grand duke" Moldan was captured (Bahrushin 1955,2:113). In 1499, Moscow dispatched a great force against "Yugra" (Pelym; led by Prince Semyon Kurbski), Konda or Koda (led by Prince Pyotr Ushatyi), and

612-545: A separate building (Novitski: 81). The Principality of Konda (mainly Mansi) formed a large semi autonomous part of the Pelym principality, according to the tax registers from 1628/29 it was inhabited by 257 tax-paying Mansi. The treasures of Prince Agai of Konda who was imprisoned by the Russians in 1594 gives us a good picture of the wealth of the Yugran nobles of this period. Namely, the Russians confiscated two silver crowns,

680-429: A silver spoon, a silver beaker, a silver spiral bracelet, "precious drapery" and numerous pelts and precious furs (Bahrushin 1955,2:146). The third part of the Pelym principality was the region of Tabary, in which inhabited 102 adults in 1628/29. Preceding the coming of the Russians the Mansi of this region were farmers and according to the tradition Yermak collected tribute in the form of grain (Bahrushin 1955, 2:147). It

748-524: Is also the closest linguistic relative of Khanty and Mansi . It is believed that Hungarians moved West from Yugra, first settling on the western side of the Urals , in the region known as Magna Hungaria (Great Yugria). Then they moved to the region of Levédia (present-day east Ukraine ), then to the region of Etelköz (present-day west Ukraine), finally reaching the Carpathian Basin in

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816-619: Is assumed that, as late as 1715, Prince Satyga of Konda and his 600 armed men made an attempt to impede the Christianisation of the Konda Mansi (Novitski: 98). From 1732–47, Konda was ruled by Satyga's son Prince Osip Grigoryev, followed by his own son Prince Vlas Ossipov. According to recent research by Aado Lintrop, one of the great-grandchildren of Satyga, the teacher of the Turinsky community school, Aleksander Satygin claimed

884-548: Is being rooted up", has also been regarded as relating to the Golden Lady. Of the "Copper Goose" Novitski wrote the following: The goose idol very much worshipped by them is cast of copper in the shape of a goose, its atrocious abode is in the Belogorye village on the great river of Ob. According to their superstition they worship the god of waterfowls – swans, geese and other birds swimming on water ... His throne in

952-562: Is believed the Yugran people or Ob-Ugrians had made trade with many countries far and wide since the earliest times. This trade was described in journals attributed to Abu Hamid al-Gharnati the Arab traveller during the 12th century: And from Bolghar merchants travel to the land of heathens , called Wisu ; marvellous beaver skins come from there, and they take there wedge-shaped unpolished swords made in Azerbaijan in their turn… But

1020-647: Is in sharp contrast with the Hypatian Codex (compiled c. 1425), wherein the list of knyazi ("princes") of Kiev starts with " Dir and Askold ", followed by " Oleg ", and then " Igor ", and does not mention "Rurik" at all. Similarly, the chronology at the start of the Laurentian Codex (compiled 1377) makes no mention of "Rurik", but starts the regnal list of Rus' princes from the year in which Oleg took up residence in Kiev. The narrative part of

1088-818: Is the earliest known manuscript of a major Old East Slavic chronicle, predating the Laurentian Codex of the Primary Chronicle by almost a century. In the 14th century, the Synod Scroll was continued by the monks of the Yuriev Monastery in Novgorod . Other important copies of the Novgorod First Chronicle include the Academic Scroll ( Akademícheskiy ) and Commission Scroll ( Komissiónnyy ) ), both dating to

1156-738: Is the oldest extant Rus' chronicle of the Novgorod Republic . Written in Old East Slavic , it reflects a literary tradition about Kievan Rus' which differs from the Primary Chronicle . The earliest extant copy of the NPL is the so-called Synod Scroll ( Sinodálʹnyy ), dated to the second half of the 13th century. First printed in 1841, it is currently preserved in the State Historical Museum . It

1224-502: The Kievan Chronicle , follows a formulaic practice in which the reign of any given prince is legitimised by pointing out that he "sat on the throne of his father" and often "his grandfather" before that, or occasionally "his brother" or "his uncle". The reason for that is that if a man's father (or other close male relative) did not sit on that same throne, that man was izgoi , ineligible to rule. The chronicle describes

1292-477: The Novgorod First Chronicle was repeatedly used in other Novgorod chronicles. It became one of the main sources of the so-called Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod , which in turn served as the protograph of the Novgorod Fourth Chronicle and Sofia First Chronicle . The Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod was included in the all-Rus' chronicle of the 15th-16th centuries. Independently it was reflected in

1360-582: The Novgorod First Chronicle in the Younger Redaction ( Younger NPL ) has been contaminated by the PVL , so that the PVL text must necessarily be older, and the Younger NPL text reflected the 14th- or 15th-century chronographs and could not be an archetype for the PVL text. The Synod Scroll was written in several stages by different hands. The oldest parts have been palaeographically dated to

1428-744: The Ob River , both starting from the town of Ustyug . The first route went along the Sukhona and Vychegda , then along the Usa to the lower reaches of the Ob. The second route went down the Northern Dvina , then along the coasts of the White Sea and Kara Sea , before reaching the mouth of the Ob. The 12th century missionary and traveller Abu Hamid al-Gharnati also gives one of the earliest accounts of

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1496-579: The oil produced in Russia came from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, giving the region great economic importance in Russia and the world. It borders Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to the north, Komi Republic to the northwest, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the west, Tyumen Oblast to the south, Tomsk Oblast to the south and southeast and Krasnoyarsk Krai in the east. The okrug was established on December 10, 1930, as Ostyak-Vogul National Okrug ( Остя́ко-Вогу́льский национа́льный о́круг ). In October 1940, it

1564-595: The "Gogulichi", the free Voguls or Mansi). The 4000 strong army, using dog and reindeer teams, reached the Lyapin stronghold of the Khanty , located on the river of the same name (Bahrushin 1955,1:76–77). In the source it is told that 40 strongholds were taken and 58 Khanty and Mansi princes captured in the expedition. At the end of the 15th century the Grand Duke of Moscow assumed the honorary title of Prince of Yugra . By

1632-526: The 1440s, and the Tolstoi ( Tolstóvoi ) copy. This "Younger Redaction" contains entries from the year 854 up to 1447. The beginning of the Synod Scroll or "Older Edition" of the Novgorod First Chronicle is missing. The surviving text starts in the middle of a sentence in the year 1016, during the Kievan succession crisis between Yaroslav and Sviatopolk . The lost contents of the Synod Scroll before

1700-477: The 15th century, the newly emerging centralized Russian state also laid claim to the region, with Ivan III of Russia sending a large expeditionary force to Siberia in 1483 led by Fyodor Kurbsky, and another one in 1499–1500 under the command of Semyon Kurbsky. The Russians received tribute from the tribes, but contact with the tribes ceased after they left. The Golden Lady of the Obians was apparently an idol of

1768-528: The 16th century, several Yugran princes were paying tribute to the Siberia Khanate and participated in their military ventures against Russian settlers protected by Cossacks and Komi auxiliaries who were chasing the Yugran natives from their homes. In response the Khanty and Mansi of Pelym continually sent forth counter-campaigns to the lands of Great Perm . Thus, the year 1581 went into history as

1836-759: The 18th century, the successors of the Principality of Pelym and Principality of Konda – princes Vassili and Fyodor – lived in Pelym. They became Russianized and performed various duties for the Tsarist government. The Mansi, however, considered them still as their rulers. The fact that the ancient family of princes ruled on in Konda is also proved by a tsar letter from 1624: He, prince Vassili and prince Fyodor have close brothers in Big Konda – our tax-paying murzas, and our simple Voguls are ruled by them in Big Konda,

1904-419: The 9th century. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug%E2%80%93Yugra Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra , also known as Khanty-Mansia (Khantia-Mansia, Russian : Хантия-Мансия ), is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast ). It has a population of 1,532,243 as of the 2010 Census . Its administrative center is located at Khanty-Mansiysk . The peoples native to

1972-575: The Christianization of the Pelym Mansi in 1714 and the Konda Mansi in 1715. The words of the village elder and the caretaker of the sanctuary Nahratch Yeplayev have been recorded: We all know why you have come here – you want to pervert us from our ancient beliefs with your smooth-tongued flattery and damage and destroy our revered helper, but it is all in vain for you may take our heads but this we will not let you do. Novitsky describes

2040-570: The Golden Lady: a hetman of Yermak's, by the name of Ivan Bryazga, invaded the Belogorye region in 1582 and fought the Ob-Ugrians there, who were defending their holiest object – the Golden Lady. Grigori Novitski's statement that in earlier days there used to be in one shrine in Belogorye together with the copper goose "the greatest real idol", and that the superstitious people "preserved that idol and took it to Konda now that idol-worshipping

2108-482: The Mansi of Pelym was launched. It ended in 1593 when the stronghold of Prince Ablegirim of Pelym was taken, the prince and his family captured and a Russian fortress erected in the heart of the stronghold. Although in the following year the Pelym principality suffered the loss of its lands lying on the Konda River , the Mansi did not give up resistance. In 1599, they once again brought "war, theft and treachery" to

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2176-411: The NPL starts from the legendary origins of Rus' and its last records refer to mid-15th century events. It describes the accession to the throne of the princes of Novgorod, the elections of major officials such as tysyatsky and posadnik , building of churches and monasteries, epidemics and military campaigns. The Academic ( Akademícheskiy ) copy of the NPL dates from the mid-15th century, came into

2244-461: The Novgorodians traded iron artefacts and textiles for fur. Yugorshchina , a trade association, was set up in Novgorod in the 14th century. The Novgorodians also launched military campaigns to extract tribute from the local population, but they often met resistance, such as in two expeditions in 1187 and 1193 mentioned in chronicles that were defeated. After Novgorod was annexed by Moscow in

2312-442: The Pelym princes was also a significant religious centre; a sacred Siberian larch grew in its surroundings and even in the 18th century people used to hang the skins of sacrificed horses on its branches. Near the sacred tree was a worship storehouse with five idols of human figure, and smaller storehouses with high pillars and human-faced peaks around it for storing sacrificial instruments. The bones of sacrificial animals were stored in

2380-510: The Ugric language family to Southwestern Siberia , at the margin of the Eurasian steppe . The Novgorodians were aware of the lands of Yugra from at least the 11th century, if not earlier, and launched expeditions to the region; the first mention of Siberia in chronicles is recorded in the year 1032. The term Yugra was first used in the 12th century. Novgorod established two trade routes to

2448-674: The Yugrans "living with the Samoyeds in the Land of Midnight" already at the end of the first millennium (Bahrushin 1955,1:86). At that time, the Russians probably came into contact with the Mansi who were still living in Europe, along the upper course of the river Pechora , in the neighbourhood of the ancient Komi realm of Great Perm . The Novgorod Chronicle tells of a military campaign under

2516-420: The Yugrans. The first reports of the Golden Lady are found in the 14th-century Novgorod Chronicle , with reference to Saint Stephan of Perm . Next, the golden idol is mentioned in the 16th century by the subjects of the grand prince of Moscow, commissioned to describe the trade and military routes of the expanding Russian state. The first non-Russian known to have examined the Golden Lady is Maciej Miechowita ,

2584-495: The above-mentioned idol as follows: The idol was carved of wood, attired in green clothes, the evil looking face was covered with white iron, a black fox skin was placed on its head; the whole sanctuary, especially his site which was higher than anywhere else, was decorated with purple broadcloth. Other smaller idols nearby which were placed lower were called the servants of the real idol. I think there were many other things in front of him – caftans, squirrel skins, etc. It seems that

2652-797: The actions of the Volkhvs (Magi) who became the leaders of rebellions in 1024 and 1071. Historian Igor Froyanov analysed a scene from the Novgorod First Chronicle in which the Magi talk about the creation of man. According to legend, under the year 1071, two Magi appeared in Novgorod and began to sow turmoil, claiming that soon the Dnieper will flow backwards and the land will move from place to place. Yan Vyshatich asked: "how do you think man came to be?" The Magi answered: "God bathed in

2720-487: The area is sparsely populated. The administrative center is Khanty-Mansiysk , but the largest cities are Surgut , Nizhnevartovsk , and Nefteyugansk . The Indigenous population ( Khanty , Mansi , Komi , and Nenets ) is only 2.8% of the total population in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The exploitation of natural gas in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug has attracted immigrants from all over

2788-642: The banks of the Chusovaya River and Kurya River and plundered the Russian settlements there (Bahrushin,2:143–144). The close connections between the Yugrans and the Turkic Tartars are also demonstrated by the fact that even in the 1660s, the idea of restoring the Kuchum Khanate was still popular with the Khanty of Beryozovo (Bahrushin,2:143–144). It was only in the middle of the 17th century that Moscow succeeded in subduing Yugra. In

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2856-469: The bath and sweated, wiped himself with a rag and threw it from heaven to the earth; and the devil created man, and God put his soul into him. Therefore, when a person dies, the body goes to the earth, and the soul goes to God" Froyanov was the first to draw attention to the similarity of the text with the Mordovian-Finn legend about the creation of man by God (Cham-Pas) and the devil (Shaitana). In

2924-481: The brothers of prince Vasily, the murzas." (Bahrushin 1955,2: 148 Prince Vassili and Prince Fyodor have close brothers in Big Konda – our tax-paying murzas, and our simple Voguls are ruled by them in Big Konda, the brothers of PrincePrince Kyntsha of Konda received a deed of gift from the Tsar in 1680 which confirmed his noble position. Even in the 18th century the Konda princes were known for their relative independence. It

2992-575: The etymological connection between Yugra and ugry is disputed. András Róna-Tas has suggested that the name Yugria is related to the 10th–11th century ethnic name Ugur , whereas the Hungarian ethnonym derives from On Ugur ('ten Oghurs'). From the 16th century onwards, Yugra was often assumed to be the Hungarians' ancestral home. Contemporary Uralic linguistics locates the Urheimat of

3060-486: The former Soviet Union. The 2021 Census counted 17 ethnic groups of more than five thousand persons each. The ethnic composition is as follows: Population of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug: Historical population figures are shown below: Source: According to a 2012 survey 38.1% of the population of Yugra adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church , 5% are unaffiliated generic Christians , 1% of

3128-476: The generations. Even during repression of the 1930s many of these sacred sites remained undiscovered by the authorities and some can be found today. There are three or four known proto-states of the Yugran inhabitants, both Khanty and Mansi . The Principality of Pelym was located in the basin of the Konda river and stretched from the mouth of the Sosva River near Tavda up to Tabory . The stronghold of

3196-658: The inhabitants of Visu take these swords to the land that lies near the Darkness [Yugra] by the Black Sea [now known as the White Sea ], and they trade the swords for sable skins. And these people take the swords and cast them into the Black Sea; but Allah the Almighty sends them a fish which size is like a mountain [a whale]; and they sail out to the fish in their ships and carve its flesh for months on end. According to some sources, Novgorod launched military campaigns against

3264-418: The leadership of Yadrei of Novgorod in 1193, which ended in the destruction of the Novgorod forces. The defeat was blamed on some Novgorodans who had reportedly "been in contact with the Yugrans" (Bahrushin 1955,1:75). From the 13th to 15th centuries, Yugra was supposed to pay tribute to Novgorod. But taxes could be collected only by means of armed forces. The chronicles describe several campaigns, mentioning

3332-439: The mouth of the river Irtysh. According to their heathen belief he was the god of the fish, depicted in a most impudent manner: a board of wood, nose like a tin tube, eyes of glass, little horns on top of the head, covered with rags, attired in a (gilt breasted) purple robe. Arms – bows, arrows, spears, armour, etc – were laid beside him. According to their heathen belief they say about the collected arms that he often has to fight in

3400-511: The name) and ugry , an old Russian ethnonym for the Hungarians , was noted by scholars such as Maciej Miechowita . The modern name of the Ugric language family, which includes Khanty and Mansi together with Hungarian , was also adopted on the assumption that the two words share a common origin. However, even though the linguistic connection between the Ugric languages is well established,

3468-433: The okrug, the largest ones are Numto , Tormemtor , Leushinsky Tuman and Tursuntsky Tuman , among others. The northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude traverses the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Population : 1,674,676 (2020); 1,532,243 ( 2010 Census ) ; 1,432,817 ( 2002 Census ) ; 1,268,439 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug has an area of 523,100 km , but

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3536-412: The person, after the death of a person, the soul should go to heaven to Cham-pas, who blew it, and the body rots, decomposes and goes to Shaitan. The similarity of the legend with the words of the Magi under the year 1071 (presumably they were of Finnic origin) indicates that the worldview of the Magi of that period was no longer pagan , but was a symbiosis of Christianity with folk beliefs. The text of

3604-581: The population adheres to the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery) or to Khanty-Mansi native faith. Muslims (mostly Tatars ) constitute 11% of the population. In addition, 23% of the population declares to be spiritual but not religious , 11% is atheist , and 10.9% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question. According to recent reports Jehovah's Witnesses have been subjected to torture and detention in Surgut. In Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug,

3672-535: The possession of Vasily Tatishchev , and was acquired in 1737 by the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Saint Petersburg , where it is currently being preserved with registration number "17.8.36". The chronicle is notable for its focus on local events, lack of stylistic embellishments and the use of local dialect. The Novgord First Chronicle (NPL), just like the Primary Chronicle (PVL) and

3740-562: The primary transport of goods is by water and railway transport; 29% is transported by road, and 2% by aviation. The total length of railway tracks is 1,106 km. The length of roads is more than 18,000 km. Novgorod Chronicle The Novgorod First Chronicle (Russian: Новгоро́дская пе́рвая ле́топись , romanized : Novgoródskaya pérvaya létopisʹ , IPA: [nəvɡɐˈrot͡skəjə ˈpʲervəjə ˈlʲetəpʲɪsʲ] , commonly abbreviated as NPL ), also known by its 1914 English edition title The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1016–1471 ,

3808-463: The region are the Khanty and the Mansi , known collectively as Ob-Ugric peoples , but today the two groups only constitute 2.5% of the region's population. The local languages, Khanty and Mansi , are part of the Ugric branch of the Finno-Ugric language family, and enjoy a special status in the autonomous okrug. Russian remains the only official language. In 2012, the majority (51%) of

3876-577: The region, which he calls Yura in Arabic: But beyond Wisu by the Sea of Darkness there lies a land known by the name of Yura . In summers the days are very long there, so that the Sun does not set for forty days, as the merchants say; but in winters the nights are equally long. The merchants report that Darkness is not far (from them), and that the people of Yura go there and enter it with torches, and find

3944-459: The retelling of Melnikov-Pechersky , this legend sounds like this: Shaitan modeled the body of a man from clay, sand and earth; he came out with a pig, then a dog, then reptiles. Shaitan wanted to make a man in the image and likeness of Cham-Pas. Then Shaitan called a mouse-bird and ordered it to build a nest in one end of the towel with which Cham-Pas wipes himself when he goes to the bath, and to breed children there: one end will become heavier and

4012-416: The richness of waterfowls ... Comparisons of different Yugran traditions indicate that the goose was one of the shapes or appearances of the most popular god of the "World Surveyor Man", and that Belogorye is still sometimes referred to as his home. Novitsky also describes a site for worshipping this "World Surveyor" or "Ob Master": The home of the Ob Master was presumably near the stronghold Samarovo in

4080-429: The second half of the 13th century. Later passages such as the entry on the Battle of Lake Peipus (1242) have been dated to the middle of the 14th century. The Archaeographic Commission ( Komissiónnyy ) copy of the Novgorod First Chronicle , which stems from the mid-15th century, contains at the beginning two genealogies and a chronological regnal list of Rus' princes; all three of them begin with " Rurik ". This

4148-443: The strong resistance of Yugran princes who took shelter in their strongholds. After the annexation of Ustyug by Moscow in the 14th century, Muscovite campaigns began instead of the Novgorodan ones. In the 15th century, the most important Russian stronghold in Permland and the starting point for all expeditions going to the East was the diocese established on the Vym River by Stephan of Perm. In 1455,the Mansi of Pelym launched

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4216-428: The temple is made of different kinds of broadcloth, canvas and hide, built like a nest; in it sits the monster who is always highly revered, most of all at the times of catching waterfowls in nests ... This idol is so notorious that people come from distant villages to perform atrocious sacrifice to it – offering cattle, mainly horses; and they are certain that it (the idol) is the bearer of many goods, mainly ensuring

4284-415: The title "Prince of Konda" as late as 1842. Yugra and its vicinity to the south are considered to be the place of origin of the Hungarians (in Hungarian magyar őshaza ). One hypothesis says that the name Hungary is a variety of the name Yugra (the Hungarians also were known in several languages under the name of Ugri , and are still known under this name in Ukrainian ). The Hungarian language

4352-480: The towel with a carnation from the uneven weight will fall to the ground. Shaitan picked up the fallen towel and wiped his cast with it, and the man received the image and likeness of God. After that, Shaitan began to revive a person, but he could not put a living soul into him. The soul was breathed into the man by Cham-Pas. There was a long dispute between Shaitan and Cham-Pas: who should a person belong to? Finally, when Cham-pas got tired of arguing, he offered to divide

4420-400: The water and conquer other vassals. The frenzy ones thought that the atrocious monster is especially horrifying in the darkness and in the large waters, that he comes through all the depths where he watches over all fish and aquatic animals and gives everyone as much as he pleases. The Christianization of the Mansi en masse started at the beginning of the 18th century. Grigory Novitsky describes

4488-470: The year 1016 are unknown, and can only be speculated about. Soviet researcher Oleg Viktorovich (1987) asserted that later editions of the chronicle reflect a lost Primary Kievan Code (Russian: Нача́льный Ки́евский свод ) of the late 11th century, which contained information not present in the later Primary Chronicle (PVL). But in her doctoral dissertation, The Chronicle and the Chronograph (2015), Ukrainian historian Tetyana Vilkul demonstrated that

4556-407: The year of the raiding of Kaigorod and Cherdyn . According to Russian estimates, the army of the Mansi and their allies, the Tartars, stood 700 strong (Bahrushin 1955,1:99; 2:144). Continuing resistance to border conflagration led to the launching of a campaign in 1582–84 arranged and financed by the Stroganovs and led by the Cossack leader Yermak Timofeyevich , which began with the destruction of

4624-421: Was renamed the Khanty-Mansi National Okrug . In 1977, along with other national okrugs of the Russian SFSR , it became an autonomous okrug (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug). In 2003, the word " Yugra " was appended to the official name. The okrug occupies the central part of the West Siberian Plain . Principal rivers include the Ob and its tributaries Irtysh and Vatinsky Yogan . There are numerous lakes in

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