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In XVI in the process of Russian colonization of the Ural, which led to conflicts with local peoples sometimes, graves of the dead appeared in the Northern Prikamye. Attitude to this locus reflects, on the one hand, folk beliefs about unnatural deaths and influence of the Christ tradition, on the other hand. Established local cults had diverse structure. People respected graves as local shrines that included building of the chapels, fitting of the dead names in temple and family commemoration books (synodiks). In some cases, such practices were put together with honor of the Saint Paraskevna Pyatnitsa. However, murdered people were considered as ancestors. People applied to them in case of cattle loss and so on. Memory of invasions was expressed in the local toponyms as well as folk legends and stories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]