Kochkurkina, S. I., Petrova, M. I. ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE KIRYAZHSKY POGOST // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2019. No 4 (181). P. 11–18. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2019.325


Archeology

ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE KIRYAZHSKY POGOST

Kochkurkina
S. I. 		Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Petrova
M. I. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
archaeological sites
Kiryazhsky Pogost
Kurkijoki
settlement structure
Medieval Karelia
topography
toponymy		 Summary: Historical and archaeological study of the Kiryazsky Pogost allowed to outline the main stages of the development of an important trade center in Medieval Karelia. Favorable climatic factors and the involvement of the local population in international trade led to the flourishing of the territory in the X–XIV centuries. The development of settlements can be traced through archaeological sites: burial grounds, settlements, treasures, random finds. To study the evolution of historical and cultural landscapes of the Kiryazhsky Pogost, the methods of cartographic documentation of the studied sites were used. Within the borders of the modern village of Kurkijoki, 9 patronymic villages are located, which formed the center of the pogost. For the first time described sustainable settlement structure, directly related to the archaeological sites. On the basis of toponymic data and written sources of the XV–XVI centuries, 14 coastal villages were localized. Localities have arisen in the field of bargaining, portages and guard points and later developed into integrating cultural centers. The core of the Kiryazhsky Pogost with the villages of Kuuppala, Rahola, Hämeenlahti, Soskua, Riekkala, Otsanlahti is marked by a concentration of archaeological finds. The remote coastal villages had their centers in the villages of Lapinlahti and Tervu. Later, the church-administrative division into pogosts and tax districts was formed taking into account the ancient tribal boundaries while preserving the main settlement centers.



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