2025/3(42)
special issue

Scientific practical conference
of graduate students
and young scientists

ARTS AND CULTURE SCIENCES:
ADVANCED RESEARCH

Moscow, 2025, 22-23 January

Part 2

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Alymova E.

Actualization of Global Trends
in Museum Technologies (Internet of Things, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence)
for the Museum of the Bosporan Kingdom Project

Artyukh M.

The big in the small. Touches on the characteristics of the state cultural policy of the period of perestroika

Brilev D.

Russian Language and Orthodoxy
in Russia and Africa: Spiritual and cultural foundations of cooperation between Russia and African countries

Davidenko E.

Corporate culture in cultural studies discourse: structure and functions

Izbachkov Yu.

Documents of the OGPU and NKVD as а source of information about the culture of occult organizations 

Karabanova I.

The phenomenon of a private museum in the socio-cultural space: Julian Semenov Museum in Crimea

Krasnova T.

Effect of ceramic mass composition on the preservation of porous ceramic products

Kulakova N.

Museums-reserves of Russia: historical and cultural features

Litvintseva A.

Definitionofthecategory ‘historicalsettlement’: theproblemofadopting ‘rulesofthegame’ ontheterritoryofhistorical settlements of federal significance

Madikova L.

Theory and practice of conducting historical and navigational experiments

Markaryants I.

The preservation and development of the traditions of Russian
folk-stage dance, as a phenomenon of folk culture

Mudryan N.

Textual nature of the song text: cultural aspects

Piunova P.

GOSNIIR Experimental Fund
in the context of the history
of restoration of tempera painting

Tsekova L.

The history of the formation
of the Abaza folk culture institutions of the 20th century: trends, specific and numerical dynamics

Shilov K.

University Models in Russian Educational Traditions: Formulating the Problem of Historical Typology and Cultural Attribution

Shkirova K.

Use of digital technology
in the hospitality industry as a tool
for popularization and protection
of the cultural and natural heritage
of the Russian Federation

Publ. 29/08/2025

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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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