THE FIRST CHIEFTAINS OF THE SURGUT GARRISON
During the first decades of the existence of Surgut leader in his garrison, who soon after the Foundation of the city has almost doubled, and then began to decline, was T. Ivanov (translated from his village of Pelym), G. Fedorov, Boris Zubakin, T. Deev (under whom was the Cherkasy and "Lithuania"). These chieftains, especially the So Fedorov (petition for which 1626 year - one of the most valuable sources on the early history of Surgut), with their Cossacks, Streltsy, Cherkasy and «Lithuania» performed a variety of military, fiscal, administrative functions, playing an important role in joining Russia and securing the Middle Ob and adjacent lands.