Verkhoturye

It was founded on the site of the Mansi settlement of Neromkarr in 1598 as a fortress (named the city) in connection with the opening of the Babinovskaya road - a new route to Siberia along the Tura River. The name of the river Tura, the definition of the upper - indicates the position of this city relative to the city of Turinsk, which arose almost simultaneously with it, but downstream Tura.

Until the second half of the 18th century. an important transit point in the trade of European Russia with Siberia. Since 1601 in Verkhoturye was operated by customs, travel to Siberia by other means was prohibited. It was devastated by the fires of 1674 and 1738. The development of the city slowed down with the abolition of customs and the closure of the Verkhotursky tract in 1763.

In 1708 the city was part of the Siberian province, from 1764 in Tobolsk, from 1781 - the Perm governorship (after - the province). In Verkhoturye, crafts developed: bochar, hop, leather, hunting.

In the late 19th - early 20th centuries. a major religious center, here in the Nikolsky men's monastery (founded in 1604, now operating) were the relics of St. Simeon the Righteous (verkhotursk wonderworker), to which many Russian pilgrims flocked.

Since 1926 a rural settlement. Secondary city since 1947.