The Orthodox Landscape of Pelym in the 17th - first half of the 18th century
In the article the Orthodox landscape of Pelym, one of the first Russian settlements beyond the Ural Range, is considered in a broad cultural context. The history of the parish churches of Pelymsky Ostrog has been reconstructed on the basis of a significant number of sources from its founding until the middle of the 18th century; the location of temples in the city space, the choice of names for the churches, the ensuring staff of clergymen as well as the first church libraries and icons are analyzed here. Special attention is paid to the role of priests in the local community. The Orthodox toponymy of Pelym is considered by reference to the examples of names of the watchtowers and city towers. The author concludes that transformation of Pelymsky Ostrog’s role in the development of the Ural-Siberian region from the position of a colonization center to a place of exile and collecting the tribute from the Vogul population of the surrounding territory led to the situation when further development of the Orthodox landscape that formed in the 17th century could not continue.