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The Principality of Obdorsk (Cyrillic: Обдорское княжество), also known as Obdor or Obdoria, was a Khanty principality located in north Western Siberia existing from the 14th to the 17th century, though its princes retained noble titles until the late 19th century. They were the northernmost of the Yugra Khanty states, and corresponding with their name (lit. in Komi "Ob mouth"), their territory comprised of the mouth of the Ob river, bound to the west by the Urals and to the north the Arctic Ocean. Its territory corresponds approximately to the present day Shuryshkarsky and Priuralsky districts of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Obdorsk is mentioned in one of the Novgorod birch bark letters (No. 365) dating from the early 40s to the late 80s of the 14th century.[1]
Principality of Obdorsk Обдорское княжество | |||||||
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1300s-1886 | |||||||
![]() Map of the Ugrian Khanty principalities. Obdorsk is the northernmost principality. | |||||||
Capital | Pulvonat-vosh | ||||||
Common languages | Khanty language, Old East Slavic | ||||||
Religion | Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy | ||||||
Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1300s | ||||||
• Death of Prince Ivan Taishin, refusal by Russia to pass down princely titles | 1886 | ||||||
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Today part of | Russia |