In the 16th and 17th centuries, Ilyinsk became a fortress due to its location on the main road from Moscow to Siberia, which went from Moscow to Veliky Ustyug and then to Cherdyn.
Komi dukes unified the Great Perm with its centre at the stronghold of Cherdyn.
In the 19th century, communication between the Kama and the Pechora was conducted mostly over a 40-km portage road between Cherdyn and Yaksha.
Around 1590, a more northern route was opened from Cherdyn north of Solikamsk up to the Vishera River and down the Lozva River.
In the past, Yaksha was the northern (Pechora) end of the portage road connecting Cherdyn in the Kama River basin with the Pechora.
Thus, the year 1581 went into history as the year of the raiding of Kaigorod and Cherdyn.
Cherdyn |