Vayegi town lies in the Main's middle course and Ust-Mayn village lies at the confluence of the Main and Anadyr Rivers.
Local legend tell how a hill near the village was the scene of a battle between the Chukchi and the Koryak.
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Local indigenous inhabitants call the village Varen (lit. Tripod), from the Chukchi word for the horizontal supports of a Yaranga.
Vayegi |