Origins
A new site by the Oka
Dmitry Firsov relocates the fort near the Oka mouth. Researchers continue to refine the history of its early sites.
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Fortress and exile
Selected events and details from published sources. A curated selection, rather than an exhaustive chronicle.
People
Avvakum in exile
Archpriest Avvakum is confined here twice during his Siberian exile.
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