At the end of the 16th century, the Piebald Horde can be subdivided into two general groups, the Upper Narym and Lower Narym Selkups, with princes Vonya and Kichey at their heads, respectively. Both princes had favorable relationships with each other; it is recorded that Kichey had given his granddaughter's hand in marriage to Vonya's son Taibokhta. Vonya had been exceedingly stubborn with the expanding Tsardom of Russia, refusing to pay the yasak tribute, going as far as to invite Khan Kuchum of the Sibir Khanate and entered into an alliance together.[2] It was only after Vonya's son, Urhnk, was captured by the Cossacks that Vonya reluctantly paid yasak to the Russian associates at Surgut, though after a while he threatened to attack Surgut altogether.[2]
With assistance from allied Ugrian principalities, the Piebald Horde was conquered by Russia shortly after the agreement and the establishment of two forts in Narym (1598) and Ket (1602)[3] at the request of Surgut voivode Osip Pleshcheyev.[2] Even with their history of disobedience, the Piebald princes didn't immediately lose their relevance; Vonya, killed by an unknown cause in 1602,[4] would be succeeded by his son Taibokhta, and Kichey by his son Vagai (who would also be Taibokhta's father-in-law). Taibokhta would request to be freed from the yasak and instead be serviced at the Narym fort with a modest food salary. Kichey's descendants also began to work as servicemen to the Russian military; Vagai would continue to rule as a tributary prince in the Lower Varym volost, and his brother (baptised under the new name Grigory Kichey) would serve at the Narym garrison, as well as Grigory's son Alyoshka and Vagai's cousins Ivan and Olosha. Piebald's nobility would slowly fade into obscurity, and the fort of Narym itself would be abandoned, in part due to its hastily constructed nature.[5]