Artemy Safronovich Babinov (Артемий Сафронович Бабинов), a

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n explorer from the village of Verkh-Usolka, discovered the shortest path across the

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in the east in 1597. Babinov's Road was eight times shorter than the Cherdyn Route previously used. His story remains popular in the Urals. It is claimed that Babinov secretly followed the

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hunters through the woods, marking the road with broken branches. As a reward for his discovery, Tsar Theodor gave him a sizable tract of land and exempted him from payment of taxes.

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