2024/2(37)

Cultural Policy

Aristarkhov V.

Universal values and the conflict
of civilizations

Volobuev S.

One step forward, two steps back? On the problems of scientific, methodological and educational support for the course “Foundations of Russian statehood»

Basic Research

Stepanov P.

Law, morality and religion
in the structure of social regulation
Part 1

Historical Research

Kazanskaya K.

Innovation in the costumes of the «Russian Seasons» in the Russian ballet on the European stage
in the first half of the 20th century

Applied Research

Pleschenko V.

Skorokhod A.

Study of five printed sheets
of the unique botanical Atlas «Hortus Eystettensis» (1713-1750) in the Scientific Expertise Department
of the State Research Institute for Restoration

Museology

Izbachkov Yu., Rybak K.

About one little-known fact from
the fate of Plyushkin’s collection

Snegovskaya E.

Publ. 04/05/2024

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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Russian Scientific Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
named after D.Likhachev

Publisher

Russian Scientific Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
named after D.Likhachev

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