ACADEMIC JOURNAL
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ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
Russian history |
Staritsyn A. N. | Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Keywords: Old Believers Vygozero island localization maps of the White Sea-Baltic Canal anthropogenic impact on nature retrospective landscape reconstruction |
Summary: This study presents, for the first time, an attempt to localize an island on Lake Vygozero, historically
associated with the settlement of Isakiy Bogomolov, where an Old Believer chapel was later established. Through the
analysis of historical documents, two potential search areas for the island were identified: (1) at the northern tip of Lake
Vygozero, near the village of Koikinitsy, and (2) opposite the mouth of the Sigovets River. The research also determined
the approximate distance between the sought-after island and the Vygozero Pogost, situated on modern Pogost Island.
Given the landscape alterations resulting from the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the study reconstructed
the historical environment using archival maps dating from 1727–1728, 1745, 1788, 1896, and 1930, complemented by
the sailing directions of the White Sea-Baltic Canal from 1959. Cartographic analysis enabled the restoration of the
former names of certain islands and rivers. Additionally, a landscape reconstruction of the Vygozero district prior to
1932 was conducted. Based on this comprehensive analysis, it is hypothesized that the island located opposite the former mouth of the lost Sigovets River corresponds to the modern-day Maly Babiy Island. |
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