2026/2(45)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Zubov D.

Occupation Regime and
Nazi Criminals in the Krasnodar Region (1942-1943): An Analysis
of Eyewitness Testimonies

APPLIED RESEARCH

Vadatursky D.

On the spread of stone architecture in the Arctic region. Construction
of a cathedral in the Sumskoy Fortress

Vasiliev G.

Art project “My Contemporaries”: аxiological foundations

Latushko Yu.

Traditional water transport
of the Amur basin

Nikolaev K.

Authorial repetition and copy
in the creative practice of Vladimir painters of the 1980s - 1990s (based on the archive of GOSNIIR
Scientific Expertise Department)

Ippolitov S.

Formation and development
of copyright in China: from doctrine to instruments of state cultural policy

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Kochkin S.

Study of the X-ray of “Landscape. Pargolovo” by Fyodor Vasilyev
(the Radischev Art Museum, Saratov)

Lysenko A.

Cultural transmission mechanisms and modes in the context of historical development of the Stronsky artistic dynasty

Molodin A.

Digital twin as an object of protection of lost heritage

Filin P.

Chukotka baidara: technology and the preservation of traditions. Experience building an Eskimo baidara in the village of Sireniki
in 2025

Song Yuhan

Historical practices and conceptual evolution in the conservation
of China's large archaeological sites

MUSEOLOGY

Makarova E.

Tainitskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin: historical and architectural review

Mikhalskaya O., Chuvilkina Yu.

Contribution of collector Felix Evgenievich Vishnevsky to the development of Russian museum collections

Shimanova M.

Biblical scenes on an 18^th century tiled stove of the Novodevichy convent in Moscow

Publ. 04/05/2026

Archives

UDC 904

Volkov I.

Verifying location of Italian trade station of Copa in the medieval town
of Temryuk (Copario – Lo Coppa) (Part 1)

Abstract. The paper attempts to locate the Genovese trading station of Copa, constantly mentioned in the European written sources of 13^th-14^th cc. Copa was obviously situated at the Azov Sea coast nearby the Kuban river mouth that was indicated under the same name. Medieval portolano-maps approximate location of the main bed of the Kuban river during 13^th-15^th cc. at the contemporary estuary of the Kurka river. This fact negates proposition to locate this site in the modern town of Slavyansk-na-Kubani or at the Kiziltash estuary that was the principal estuary of Kuban river during 17^th-19^th cc. Not far from the Kurchansk estuary only two settlements with the corresponding cultural layers are found, namely Golubitzkaya-1 and Temruk-1. Both settlements had been had situated nearby the Kuban river distributaries flowing into the Azov Sea up to 19^th c.

There is written source of the Russian provenance directly indicating that the fortress of Temryuk (known as castle of Adas as well) was built in Copa. The field collections of pottery on the site of Temryuk-1 by Ya.M. Paromov point to the fact that it was inhabited no later than 13^th c. and was occupied until 18^th c. So, location of Copa on the site of Temruk-1 (45º17’50’’ N, 37º20’08’’ E) is to be finally accepted. The place name of Copario used in “Statute of Caffa. 1449” presumably corresponds to the whole coastal area of the Kuban river delta under control of town of Coppa, but limited by the Akhtarsk estuary from the north.

Key words: Copa, Copario, portolano-maps, “Statute of Caffa. 1449”, the Golden Horde, Genovese trading stations, Temryuk, Golubitzkaya, Kuban river, the Azov Sea, Adas.

Volkov Igor Viktorovich,
PhD in History,
Leading Researcher, D.Likhachev’s Russian
Scientific Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage (Moscow)

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2015/2

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/33.html

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

Publisher

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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