History
The predecessor of Nizhny Bestyakh was called Yarmanka (sometimes Yarmonka or Yarmonga). Here, at the mouth of the Suola River, from about 1750 to 1850 pack horses were loaded for the long journey down to the Okhotsk Coast. A ferry service was founded in 1772 and operated by exiles for five months a year. It was a gathering place for merchants and cargoes bound eastward. There was ample grass for the herds of cattle and pack horses.
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