What is "ust-shchuger"

Ust-Shchuger , formerly known as Ust-Shchugor , is a rural locality (a village) in the Komi Republic, Russia, located at an elevation of near the confluence of the Pechora and Shchuger Rivers. The Shchugor River was once a minor route into Siberia. From its headwaters one could cross the Ural Mountains to reach the Severnaya Sosva River thereby allowing travel from the Pechora River to the Ob River.