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Order to Build Tyumen Fortress
- When
- July 29, 1586
- Where
- Tyumen
On July 29, 1586, Tsar Feodor I ordered the construction of a fortress at the site of the former Tatar town of Chingi-Tura.
Following the 1585 conquest of the area by Yermak Timofeyevich, the Tsar commanded regional commanders Vasily Borisov-Sukin and Ivan Myasnoy to build a fortress. The site was chosen for the former Siberian Tatar town, known as Tyumen, meaning 'ten thousand'.
Sources
- Tyumen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
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