Pelym, Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Pelym (Russian: Пелым) is an urban-type settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, administratively subordinated to the town of Ivdel. Population: 3,708 (2002 Census).^[1] A Gazprom office and an airport are located in Pelym.

Around 1590 it was the seat of a Vogul chief called Ablegirim or Abdul Kerim. He was defeated by the Russians in 1592-1594 in order to pacify one of the routes into Siberia. He and his family was taken to Moscow as hostages. Pelym was built in 1592 on the site of his former residence. The builders took with them the family of Ignaty Khripunov - the first Russians to be exiled to Siberia.^[2] Both Biron and his rival Münnich were exiled here.

References

^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
^ Lantzeff and Peirce, 'Eastward to Empire, page 120

[PopCensus-1] Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).

[2] Lantzeff and Peirce, 'Eastward to Empire, page 120

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