2025/4(43)

Contents

BASIC RESEARCH

Vasiliev G.

The value matrix of national cultureas the basis for the formation
of a system of cultural heritage objects

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Elchaninov A.

In memory of rear admiral
Viktor Ananyevich Dygalo,
a participant in the Great Patriotic war and Victory Day Parade 1945 

Kozlov V.

Member of the Moscow archaeological society,
the moskvoved M.I.Alexandrovsky (1865–1943) – biography and scientific heritage (based on the materials from the State Historical Museum and the Russian State Library)

Kuzevanov V.

Image of the Great Victory
in the spatial-symbolic structure
of the cities of Western Siberia

Pryakhin Yu.

Military discipline in the system
of military education of servicemen of the Russian army in 1855-1914

Romanova D.

Family Service as a Contribution
to Russia’s Historical and Cultural Heritage 

MARINE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kuznetsov N.

Program “Memory of the Russian Arctic” of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition at the Natural Heritage: concept, implementation, prospects

Filin P.

Search for the vessel Willem Barents. Results of the expeditions of the Russian Geographical Society and the Ministry of Defense
of Russia to survey Severny Island
of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
in 2024 and 2025

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Khagba A.

Symphonic creativity in Abkhazia: socio-cultural aspect

RUSSIAN FOREIGN HERITAGE

Vadatursky D.

Architecture of Alaskan Orthodox Churches

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Okorokov A.

Historical-navigational experiment: theory, methodology, practice

Seleznev A.,
Selezneva I.

Ornamented on-grave posts
of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars:
interpretation of cultural heritage

Smirnova A.

Problems of studying and preserving domestic antiquities in the last quarter of the 19th century
in the letters from the members
of the Moscow Archaeological Society in the funds
of the State Historical Museum

MUSEOLOGY

Dang Thi Kim Chi

Cultural cooperation between Vietnam and Russia in the museum studies in Vietnam (1991–2025)

Publ. 26/11/2025

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

Founder

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

Publisher

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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