Mangazeya was a Northwest
Siberian trans-
Ural trade colony and later city in the 17th century. Founded in 1600 by Cossacks from
Tobolsk, it was situated on the
Taz River, between the lower courses of the
Ob and
Yenisei Rivers flowing into the
Arctic Ocean. The name derives from a
Nenets ethnonym
Monkansi or
Mongandi.