, therefore it exaggerates the family’s involvement in the conquest of Siberia. The Sinodik is an account of Yermak’s campaign written forty years after his death by the archbishop of Tobolsk, Cyprian (Kipriyan). The text was formed based on oral tradition and memories of his expedition but almost certainly was affected by the archbishop’s desire to canonize Yermak. Rasputin, p. 40 Semyonov, p