Obdorsky jail (Salekhard)

 museum, place with historical importance, fortification, interesting place, fenced area

Obdorsky jail, which started the modern city of Salekhard - one of the first Russian settlements, based on the territory of Siberia.

Ostrog was founded in 1593 by Cossacks Berezovskiy Voivod Nikita Trahaniotova, Poluy reached the lower reaches of the river, near its confluence with Obyu.
In 1635 fort was renamed in Obdorskuyu outpost, which later became known as Obdorskoy fortress.

"Reason Obdorska it is necessary to protect against attacks and inorodcheskih to suppress free and protected exchange between Pomor huckster and Samoyeds. In order to protect yasachnyh ostyakov of a Samoyed was" annual oberezh ", for which Birch was originally expelled from the Cossacks to 50, sometimes even before Hundreds, and then gradually decreasing the number of Cossacks, and finally, with the abolition of the "Annual oberezhi" just stopped ". The purpose of the fortress also served Obdorskoy control the movement of goods on their way to the largest center for the time trade fair for Arctic Circle - Mangazeyu.

The castle is a small square, the fenced tynom standing with two observation towers and the two carriageways. Inside it was a typical for a set of the prison administration and residential buildings, as well as Vasilyevskaya church srublennaya in 1602.

In the second half of XVIII century Obdorskaya castle starts to lose its military and defensive value. In 1799, it is a military garrison was disbanded. Zastava has been converted into a parish center Obdorskoy Berezovskiy county Tobolsk Province - Village Obdorsk. In 1807 the walls and towers of a wooden fortress on the order of the Governor of Tobolsk AM Kornilova were demolished for the dilapidated ".

9 September 2006 in celebration of Day of the city opened a set of "Obdorsky jail." The basis of the re-establishment of the Cossack fortress in Salekhard laid-known Soviet architect Alexander Opolovnikov. It is for his designs, based on years of studying the architecture of the Russian North XVI-XVII centuries, in 1994, was re-established the first watchtower Obdorskogo jail.
Currently in Salekhard, the historical site near the confluence of the rivers Ob and Poluy established architectural complex, represents the face of Russia's outpost in the province Obdorskom in the XVII century.
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