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15. Obukhovo (Noginsk district). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.45 km. east of the northeastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of the river. Shalovka (right tributary of the Klyazma River), 0.5 km. above the mouth. Investigated (E.I. Dikov) 16 sq. m. Ancient Russian pottery, incl. with linear and wavy patterns. Iron arrowhead, knives, nails, ax fragment, sickle, blacksmith blanks, slags and crackers. Remains identified forge in the form of a pit 0.4-0.5 m deep and masonry 0.2-0.4 m high with an outer diameter of 1.2 m and an inner diameter of 0.8 m. a large number of ash and coal, around the hearth pit - fragments of ceramics, slag, coal.
16. Obukhovo. Burial mound (Peter and Paul Pogost, Petropavlovsk), 11-13 centuries. 0.3 km. east of the northeastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of the river. Shalovka, 50 m from the riverbed, in a small grove. Numbered at least 40 burial mounds; 27 mounds 0.4-0.7 m high, 5-7 m in diameter, sometimes with ditches at the base, have been preserved. Investigated (A.P. Boglanov) 13 mounds containing corpses on the horizon and in burial pits under the mounds, with a western orientation, with the remains of tombs. Stones were traced under the skulls and bones of the skeleton in some burials. Temporal rings, bracelets, rings, copper pendant, scapular, beads.
22. Istomkino. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries Eastern outskirts of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma at the mouth of the Gniloy stream, on both its banks. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, fragments of crucibles, an iron nail, iron and copper slags.
32. Theologian. Settlement 1, 11th-13th centuries 0.15 km. north of the central part of the village, a watershed hill between the rivers. Sherna and Klyazma. Area approx. 0.6 ha., height above the river. Klyazma 5-6 m. Ancient Russian pottery, incl. with linear and wavy patterns.
35. Theologian. Settlement 2, 11th-13th centuries 1.5 km. south of the church with., the cape of the left bank of the nameless stream, which flows into the river. Klyazma, 50 m from the riverbed. Height above the river 8-10 m. Old Russian pottery, incl. with linear and wavy ornamentation, several fragments of indeterminate stucco ware. A ceramic spindle whorl and fragments of a crucible, a stone bar, an iron flint, a nail, a bit, a bracket, arrowheads, a fragment of an ax, knives, a bronze bell pendant, a bone needle, a piercer, a comb, bones of a cow, a pig, a hare. In one of the pits, the remains of a building with an adobe furnace were found, pieces of iron ore, slag, and a slag crucible were found.
33. Theologian. Burial mound 1. 1 km. south south-west of the church with., the right bank of the river. Klyazma. 16 mounds 1.0-2.5 m high, 6-8 m in diameter, at a height of approx. 10 m above the river. The mounds stretched out in two rows, overgrown with forest. According to external signs, the burial ground is attributed to the ancient Russian pre-Mongolian time.
34. Theologian. Burial mound 2.11-13 centuries. 1.5 km. south of the Nizhny Novgorod highway, the right bank of the river. Klyazma, 0.10-0.15 km. to the west of settlement 2. There were at least 14 mounds; 4 mounds with a height of 1.0-1.5 m and a diameter of up to 5 m have been preserved. Two mounds have ditches at the base. Investigated (E.I. Dikov) were two burial mounds containing corpses on the horizon with a western orientation. Found - silver bracelet-shaped temporal rings with a leather ribbon on which they were fastened, a ring, a ring, a rounded buckle, a bronze bracelet, glass barrel-shaped beads, an amethyst rectangular one, an iron knife, a potter's pot with a wavy ornament and a brand on the bottom in the form of a cross.
38. B. Bunkovo. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries To the south-southwest of the western outskirts of the village, the first floodplain terrace of the left bank of the river. Klyazma southeast of the mouth of the river. Dense. Late medieval pottery, incl. gray-clay, red-clay, white-clay and black-glazed, 15-17 centuries, as well as more elevated irrigated. Iron tetrahedral forged nails, a punch, a chisel, a copper bell with an iron tongue, blacksmith slag. Pits were found in which bones of domestic animals were found - cows and sheep. The settlement can be interpreted as the remains of the old village of Bunkovo, which later moved to the northeast of the river.
27. Slides. Settlement (Zhilino-Gorki), 11-13 centuries 0.3 km. north of the northeastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of an unnamed stream, the right tributary of the river. Shern, flowing from the lake. Lukovo, Gora tract. Stretched along the stream, size approx. 200x120 m. Ancient Russian pottery.
28. Novosergiev. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries The northeastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of an unnamed stream, which flows into the river from the right. Sherna, 100 m from the riverbed, 0.25 km. west of the old one. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.
29. Novosergiev. Burial mound. The territory of the village, to the west of the center, the right bank of the river. Sherna, 0.6 km. from the riverbed, 0.4-0.5 km. southwest of the village. 9 mounds with a height of 1.3-4.5 m and a diameter of 7-16 m have been preserved, located at a height of 20 m above the river. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.
30. Next. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries The northern outskirts of the village, the eastern bank of the left-bank oxbow river. Sherna, 0.2 km. from the stream. Old Russian pottery.
31. Kalitino. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries Southeastern outskirts of the village, right bank of the river. Sherna, 0.68 km. west of the stream. Late medieval pottery, mostly white-clay and black-polished, 16th-17th centuries.

26. Stromyn. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries 1 km. north northeast of the church, left bank of the river. Dubenka, the right tributary of the river. Sherna, 0.6 km. from the stream. Stretched along the coast from west to east, size approx. 130x90 m., height above the river 8 m. Late medieval pottery, mostly white-clay and black-polished 16-17 centuries.

23. Sokolovo (Noginsk district). Burial mound, 11-13 centuries 3 km. north northwest of the village, right bank of the river. Chernogolovka (left tributary of the Klyazma River), in the forest. There are up to 100 mounds 0.8-2.5 m high, with ditches at the base, located in three groups not far from each other. Investigated (N.P. Milonov, employees of the NKM) more than 5 barrows. Wire bracelet-shaped temporal rings.

4. B. Yards (Pavlovo-Posadsky district). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries OK. 1.5 km. west of the village, 2.5 km. to the north north-west of the city of Pavlovsky Posad, dune-like hillock of the left bank of the river. Klyazma. It stretched from west to east, dimensions 65x30 m. Ancient Russian pottery, crucibles, slags, metal plates.

2. Zaozerye. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries The northeastern outskirts of the village, near the Church of the Nativity of Christ, the hillock of the northeastern shore of the lake. A danilische, along the banks of an unnamed stream flowing into it. Stretched from northwest to southeast, dimensions 220x100 m., height above the lake. 20-25 m. Old Russian pottery with linear ornament and late medieval, incl. red clay, white clay and black polished, a fragment of a ceramic toy, a stone sinker. Identified with the remains "Danilishcheva Sloboda" mentioned in the spiritual charter of Ivan Kalita c. 1339
3. Zaozerye. Ground burial ground, 14th-17th centuries South of the northeastern outskirts of the village. To the south-west of the center, the territory of the cemetery, the north-eastern shore of the lake. Danilishche, the territory of the village. Several flat, roughly worked, undecorated boulder tombstones of a subrectangular shape, without inscriptions, probably con. 14th c.

30. Saurovo. Settlement (between the village of Saurovo and the village of Gridino), 11-13 centuries. 1.6 km. to the east southeast of the southeastern outskirts of the village, the cape of the right bank of the river. Klyazma near the mouth of a nameless stream, the right bank of the latter. Old Russian pottery, a large number of ceramic nozzles, ashes, pieces of iron ore, slag, calcined clay, concentrated mainly in the western and southwestern parts of the site, near the stream. On a dune-like hillock located to the south and south-west of the settlement, four swollen pits 3-4 m in diameter, up to 0.5 m deep, were found, in the walls of which cinders and ashes were also found, and fragments of nozzles were found on the edge of one of them. The settlement can be interpreted as one of the local centers of metallurgical production.

33. Kazan. Settlement 1, 11th-13th centuries 0.6 km. southeast of the southeastern outskirts of the right-bank part of the village, hilly left bank of the river. Slogavka (right tributary of the Vokhonka river). Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, cylindrical crucibles, metal slag.
34. Kazan. Settlement 2, 11th-13th centuries 0.75 km. southeast of the southeastern outskirts of the right-bank part of the village, the right bank of the river. Slogavka, at its bend, 0.175 km. east of the settlement 1. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornamentation, iron plate.
32. Kazan. Burial mound, 11-13 centuries 0.55 southeast of the southeastern outskirts of the right-bank part of the village, 30 m west of settlement 1. Consisted of 100 barrows; preserved (according to various sources) 43 or 48 mounds 1.0-2.5 m high, 6-10 m in diameter, some of which have ditches at the base. Many mounds had stone facings at the base. In the mounds explored (probably by N.P. Milonov or Kalitinsky), bracelets, a neck torc, and a horse-shaped pendant were found.
35. Ignatovo. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries To the south of the southeastern outskirts of the village, the left bank of the river. Slogavka, 0.2 km. from the mouth. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, as well as late medieval, incl. white clay and black polished.

36. Dmitrovo. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries North-eastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of the river. Vokhonka (right tributary of the Klyazma River). It stretched from northeast to southwest, dimensions 130x60-70 m, height above the river 5-6 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments and late medieval, incl. red clay, white clay and black polished.
37. Dmitrovo. Burial mound. To the east of the northeastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of the river. Vohonka, east of the settlement. Two mounds 1.40 and 1.85 m high, 5.4 and 8.0 m in diameter, with ditches at the base. Recorded traces of the stone lining of the base of one of the barrows. The embankments are broken by pits. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.

39. Fateevo. Settlement 1, 11th-13th centuries 0.8 km. to the west, southwest of the southwestern outskirts of the village, two dune-like hillocks on the right bank of the river. Vohonka. Old Russian pottery with linear, wavy, dimpled and circle ornaments, a fragment of a lamellar bracelet.
40. Fateevo. Settlement 2, 11-13, 14-17 centuries Southwestern outskirts of the village, right bank of the river. Vohonka near the mouth of the Shavel stream. On the southwestern side of the monument, rampart-like elevation 1.8 m high. the cultural layer consists of two layers: the lower one contained mainly ancient Russian pottery, and the upper one, late medieval pottery.
41. Fateevo. Settlement 3, 14th-17th centuries 100 m north of the village, left bank of the river. Vohonka. Late medieval pottery, incl. white-clay and black-glazed 16-17 centuries.
38. Fateevo (Pavlovo-Posad district). Burial mound. 0.8 km. west southwest of the southwestern outskirts of the village, 0.15 km. south of settlement 1. The number of mounds is unknown. The embankments open up.

10. Savostyanovo (Orekhovo-Zuevsky district). Burial mound. 0.12 km. southwest of the western outskirts of the village, the right bank of the river. Drezna (right tributary of the Klyazma River). 5 elongated mounds 0.6-0.8 m high, 4-6 m in size at the base, 3 m above the river.
8. Gridino. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries Northern outskirts of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma, ok. 0.5 km. from the stream. It stretches from west to east, dimensions are 100x60 m. Ceramics, pottery, ancient Russian and late medieval.
9. Gridino. Mound. According to M.A. Sablina con. 19th century, repeated by S.K. Bogoyavlensky, located near the village.

5. Orekhovo-Zuevo. Settlement (at Akulkiny Sands Settlement, Samonikha), Neolithic, r.zh.v., 11-13 centuries. South of the city, behind the village. z-yes "Karbolit", dune-like hillock Samonikh or Akulkiny Sands on the left bank of the river. Klyazma at the confluence of the river. Vyrka, the right bank of the latter. The dimensions of the hillock are 110x34 m. In a layer of sand without pronounced signs of a cultural layer, fragments of molded vessels with pit-comb ornamentation, the Lyalovskaya k-ry, molded vessels of the Dyakovskaya k-ry, pottery "Slavic ceramics", flint darts and other tools were found.
7. Orekhovo-Zuevo. Burial mound 1. According to the 1940s, it was located on the territory of the city, in its Podgorodnaya Sloboda, near the church with. Dubrovka, on the left bank of the river. Klyazma. It consisted of 4 mounds, some of which have been excavated. The results of the excavation are unknown.
6. Orekhovo-Zuevo. Burial mound 2, 11-13 centuries The territory of the city, next to the plant "Karbolit", the left bank of the river. Klyazma. It consisted of 6 mounds up to 1.5 m high. Three mounds were investigated (S.F. Belyakov, A.Ya. Bryusov), containing corpses in burial pits under the mounds with a western orientation. Among the finds are temporal rings, incl. wire ring-shaped and beaded, a twisted neck torc, a bracelet, ribbed and slotted copper rings, a silver ring with a blackened trefoil on the shield, spherical and bipyramidal and amber beads made of rock crystal, a fragment of an iron knife.
15. Orekhovo-Zuevo. Burial mound 3 (Near the Olshevsky lake). According to R.L. Rosenfeldt, located south of the city, on the right bank of the river. Klyazma, near Lake Olshevskoe. There were 5 mounds with an oval base. A ceramic crucible was found on the surface of one of the mounds.

1. Raft. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries The territory of the village, merged with the village of Ozherelki, the right bank of the nameless stream, the left tributary of the river. Vyrka (left tributary of the Klyazma River), around the pond. Stretched along the highway, size approx. 190x90 m. Late medieval pottery, incl. white-clay and black-glazed 16-17 centuries.
2. Voinova Gora (Orekhovo-Zuevsky district). Burial mound (Mountain mounds), 11-13 centuries. According to R.L. Rosenfeldt received from local historian I.P. Klevtsova in 1950, located near the village, on the right bank of the river. Klyazma, south of the railway. Counted approx. 30 mounds. In the 1940s several burial mounds were excavated by local historians V. Bulychova, V. Semenov and G. Bogatov. Among the finds transferred to the Orekhovo-Zuevsky Museum are Krivichi decorations of the 12th-13th centuries.

Vladimir region

The most important water artery of the Vladimir region is the river. Klyazma, left tributary of the river. Oka, crossing the territory of the region from the southwest to the northeast. Most of the small rivers of the Vladimir region belong to its basin. The main left tributaries of the Klyazma - rr. Kirzhach, Peksha, Koloksha, Nerl, Uvod, Teza, Lukh, its only large right tributary - the river. Sudogda. There are more than 300 small and large lakes on the territory of the Vladimir region.
The name of the Klyazma River, which flows through Vladimir, is interpreted as Kolo-Aza Mother. Kolo-Az was born by the goddess Okoyu (Lakoma) and the god of love Kama.

5. Settlements. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.6 km. north of the western outskirts of the village, above the floodplain terrace of the left bank of the river. Kirzhach. Stretched along the coast from north to south, size approx. 60x40 m., height above the river 6 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, 12-13 centuries.
4. Back field. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries According to M.P. Shakhmatova 1957, located 0.4 km. south of the village, on the left bank of the river. Kirzhach. Fragments of ancient Russian pottery were found on the arable land.
8. Domashnevo. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries To the south-east of the western outskirts of the village, a dune-like hillock of the left bank of the river. Klyazma. Late medieval pottery, incl. gray clay and black polished 16-17 centuries.
13. Cover. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries OK. 2.5 km. southeast of the city, the southern outskirts of st. Pokrov, western bank of the left-bank oxbow river. Klyazma. Late medieval pottery, incl. gray clay and black polished 16-17 centuries.
26. Leonovo. Settlement Blagoveshchenskoye, 11-13, 14-17 centuries 3 km. south southwest of the southern outskirts of the village, the cape of the left bank of the river. Klyazma, 0.4 km. from the riverbed, the northern bank of the oxbow lake Blagoveshchensky backwater, the territory of the children's health camp Skazka. Stretched from north to south, dimensions approx. 300x60-200 m., height above the oxbow lake 2-5 m. Old Russian and late medieval pottery.
28. 29. - Cockerels. Settlement 1, 2, Bronze Age, 10th-13th centuries 0.8 km. southwest of the southwestern edge of the city. Old Russian stucco and early pottery ceramics of the 10th-11th centuries.
- Roosters. Burial mounds 1 and 2, 11-13 centuries. Southern outskirts of the city, left bank of the river. Birch. They consisted of 33 and 17 mounds, respectively. Both sites were fully investigated by V.P. Glazov in 1977 and 1980. Remains of corpses were found in burial pits under the burial mounds with a western orientation. Among the finds are ring-shaped and bracelet-shaped temporal rings, glass, carnelian and crystal beads, twisted and dart bracelets, and a silver lamellar neck torc.
30. Kosterevo. Selishche Zaton, 11-13 centuries OK. 2 km. south of the southern outskirts of the village, left bank of the river. Klyazma. Old Russian pottery, 12th-13th centuries.
34. Abbakumovo. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries 0.5 km. south of the eastern outskirts of the village, the cape of the right bank of the river. Peksha. Ceramics, pottery, ancient Russian and late medieval.
33. Peksha. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries According to V.V. Sidorova 1974, located 0.5 km. north of the village on the left bank of the river. Peksha. Fragments of ancient Russian and late medieval pottery were found.

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11. Graveyard. Selishche Osovets, 11th-13th centuries North and northeast of Osovets settlement. Area approx. 4.2 ha. Old Russian pottery.
13. Novoselovo. Settlement 1, 14th-17th centuries The northeastern outskirts of the village, the right bank of the Sipunikha stream, the left tributary of the river. Klyazma. Ceramics pottery late medieval.
14. Novoselovo. Settlement 2, 11th-13th centuries Near the northeastern outskirts of the village, the left bank of the Sipunikha stream, the left tributary of the river. Klyazma, Osinki tract. Dimensions approx. 50x50 m., height above the stream 3 m. Ancient Russian pottery, 12-13 centuries.
15. Novoselovo. Settlement, Bronze Age (Pozdnyakovskaya k-ra), 11-13, 14-17 centuries. Pottery with incised (grooved) ornament.
20. Bulgarians. Settlement 1, 2, 14-17 centuries OK. 0.5 km. north of the village, opposite from it, the left bank of the river. Klyazma, near the mouth of the river. Vorsha, Borki tract. Late medieval pottery, incl. gray clay and black polished.
22. Bulgarians. Settlement 2, 14th-17th centuries 0.2 km. east of the settlement 1. Late medieval pottery, incl. gray clay and black polished.
Waterway from Vladimir to Yuryev-Polsky: r. Klyazma - r. Koloksha
35. Mouth. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.5 km. south of the village, the northern bank of the left-bank channel of the river. Klyazma, near the place where an unnamed stream flows into it. The height above the channel is 8-9 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.


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89. (Gorodishche 2/Sungirskoe, Dobroselskoe, Gorodok, Chasha), 11th-13th centuries
90. Settlement of Sungir, 8-11 centuries.
91. (p. Bogolyubovo, Suzdal region).
Waterway from Vladimir to Suzdal: r. Klyazma - r. Nerl - r. Kamenka.

93. Uvarovo. Burial mound, 11-13 centuries 1.5 km. north of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma, southern shore of the lake. Vochekhra-Lvivskoe, in a mixed forest. 14 mounds 0.8-1.6 m high, 8-18 m in diameter, with ring ditches at the base. The mounds are overgrown with trees. According to V.P. Glazov, two mounds were explored in the 1930s. N.N. Voronin, contained corpses with a Western orientation and Old Russian (Krivichi) things.
94. Zlobino (microdistrict of Vladimir). Burial mound. 11th-13th centuries 3 km. to the northwest of the village, the left bank of the Untvar stream, the left tributary of the river. Ushcherka, in a mixed forest. 21 mound 0.8-1.5 m high, 5-12 m in diameter, with circular ditches at the base. Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.
82. Suvorotskoe (Suzdal region). Burial mound, 11-13 centuries OK. 1.8 km. southeast of the village church, approx. 1.2 km. west of the western edge of the village. New, right bank of the stream, the right tributary of the river. Nerl. 31 mounds with a height of 0.35-1.20 m, a diameter of 4.8-11.2 m, with ring ditches at the base with bridges have been preserved. According to local residents, they unearthed one burial mound containing a corpse without things with a western orientation.
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5. (microdistrict of Vladimir). Settlement Lysaya Gora, 11-13 centuries 1 km. southeast of the southeastern outskirts of the village, the left root bank of the river. Klyazma. area approx. 1 ha., height above the floodplain 10-12 m. The territory of the monument is overgrown with trees. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.
6. Organizational labor. Burial mound. To the east of the village of Lysaya Gora. 17 mounds 0.3-1.4 m high, 3.5-6.0 m in diameter, with ring ditches at the base. The burial ground is located in an oak grove, the mounds are overgrown with trees and shrubs. According to external signs, the monument can be attributed to the ancient Russian pre-Mongol times of the 11-13th centuries.
38. Lunevo (microdistrict of Vladimir). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries located 1 km. west of the village on the right bank of the river. Klyazma, ok. 3 km. from the stream. Fragments of ancient Russian pottery vessels with linear and wavy ornaments were found on the arable land.
10. Mokeevo (Kameshkovsky district). Settlement 1, 11-13, 14-17 centuries 1 km. northwest of the village. Dimensions approx. 180x60 m. Ancient Russian and late medieval pottery, mainly 13-15 centuries.
11. Mokeevo. Settlement 2, 11th-13th centuries 0.45 km. northwest of the village. Area approx. 2500 sq.m. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, mainly 12th-13th centuries.
12. Mokeevo. Settlement 3, 11th-13th centuries Area approx. 3000 sq.m. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.
13. 12th century The unique man-made earthen object is located 500 m northeast of the village of Mokeevo, Kameshkovsky district.

In the beginning. 1st millennium AD in the VI-VIII centuries, the oldest water trade route passed along the Meshchera river system, connecting the middle reaches of the Oka and Klyazma rivers, along the river. Goose, Kolp and Sudogda, as one of the branches of the Volga silver route, bypassing the Volga Bulgaria, along which the silver of the Arab Caliphate, through the Klyazma and Volga Nerl, Lake Pleshcheyevo, got to Rostov, Novgorod and further to Scandinavia and Western Europe. Local residents sold to overseas merchants for silver coins and salt: honey, wax, tar, hemp, furs of squirrels, martens, beavers and slaves - young men and women.
When the patriarchal chair was still in Kyiv, the winter Patriarchal way from Kyiv through Ryazan to Vladimir ran along the ice of Pra, Meshchersky lakes and Buzha.
In 1171, according to the chronicles, Andrey Bogolyubsky founded Andreev Gorodok in the southern limits of Meshchera. Then another trade route arose along the left bank of the Kolp and Gus rivers, connecting Vladimir with Gorodets Meshchersky.

29. Bogdantsevo (Sudogodsky district). Settlement (Spas-Kupalishche 3), Neolithic, 11-13 centuries. OK. 2.3 km. west of the southern edge of the village, 6.4 km. southwest of the Spas-Kupalishche, right bank of the river. Klyazma, Levin's dacha tract. It stretches along the coast from the northeast to the southwest, the dimensions are approx. 250x100 m. Three horizons of the cultural layer were revealed.
The upper horizon contains a large number of fragments of ancient Russian pottery.
30. Bogdantsevo. Settlement 1 (1), 11th-13th centuries 2 km. west of the village, 6 km. to the southwest of Spas-Kupalishche, right bank of the river. Klyazma, 100 m from the riverbed, Levin's dacha tract. It stretches along the coast from the northeast to the southwest, the dimensions are approx. 200x120 m. The surface of the monument is overgrown with forest. Old Russian pottery.
31. Bogdantsevo. Settlement 2 (Spas-Kupalishche 2), 11-13 centuries OK. 2.2 km. west of the village, 6.2 km. southwest of the Spas-Kupalishche, right bank of the river. Klyazma, Levina's dacha tract, south of Selishche 1, on the opposite slope of the ravine. It stretches along the coast from the northeast to the southwest, the dimensions are approx. 120x30 m., height above the river 3-4 m. Ancient Russian pottery.
32. Bogdantsevo. Settlement 3 (Spas-Kupalishche 4), 11-13 centuries OK. 2.5 km. west of the village, 6.6 km. southwest of the Spas-Kupalishche, right bank of the river. Klyazma, Levin's dacha tract, southwest of the settlement. Stretched along the coast, size approx. 100x10 m. Ancient Russian pottery.
33. Bogdantsevo. Burial mound of Levina Dacha. 2 km. west of the village, 6 km. southwest of the Spas-Kupalishche, right bank of the river. Klyazma, Levin's dacha tract, northwest of Selishche 1. 153 compact mounds. In the northern part of the cemetery there are large mounds 2.0-2.2 m high, 16-18 m in diameter. From the south, they are surrounded by mounds 1.4-1.6 m high, 10-12 m in diameter. All mounds have ring ditches at the base. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.
34. Spas-Kupalishche (Sudogodsky district). Burial mound 1. 2.5 km. to the west south-west of the village, an extensive hillock in the floodplain of the right bank of the river. Klyazma. A hillock 5-10 m high above the level of the floodplain stretched from north to south. 53 mounds 0.3-0.7 m high, 47 of which are round in plan, 1.6-4.0 m in diameter, six with oval bases measuring 4.5-5.0 x 1.5-2.0 m.
35. Spas-Kupalishe. Burial mound 2. 2.7 km. west southwest of the village, 0.6 km. south of burial mound 1. 27 mounds 0.6-0.7 m high, 2-4 m in diameter, with ditches at the base. By external signs, the monument can be attributed to the ancient Russian pre-Mongolian time.
36. Spas-Kupalishe. Burial mound 3. 0.05 km. to the west south-west of burial mound 2. Nine rounded in plan, compactly located mounds 0.4-0.6 m high, 2-3 m in diameter, with ditches at the base.
37. Spas-Kupalishe. Burial mound 4. 0.08 km. to the south-southwest of burial mound 3. Five mounds, round in plan, 0.4-0.6 m high, 2.0-3.5 m in diameter, with ditches at the base. Old Russian Mongolian time.
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14. Borodino (Kameshkovsky district). Settlement, 14th-17th centuries The territory of the village, the left bank of the river. Klyazma, ok. 4.5 km. northwest of the stream. It occupies a cape formed by two ravines, dimensions 100x60 m. Late medieval pottery of the 14th-16th centuries.
15. Krasnoramene (Kameshkovsky district). Settlement, Neolithic, 11th-13th centuries. 1 km. to the north-west of the village, above the floodplain terrace of the left bank of the river opposite from the village. Klyazma. In the upper layers, to a depth of 0.2–0.3 m, fragments of ancient Russian pottery vessels with linear and wavy ornamentation were found;
16. Krasnoramene. Burial mound. At the northeastern outskirts of the village, the left bank of the Bezymyanny stream, the right tributary of the river. Klyazma, 0.3 km. from the stream. 23 mounds 1.2-1.5 m high, 10-12 m in diameter, with ring ditches at the base, located on both sides of a dirt road in the village of Penkino. The mounds are overgrown with trees. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.

17. Gorodok (Kameshkovsky district). Settlement 1, 11th-13th centuries The territory of the village, the cape of the left root bank of the river. Klyazma between two ravines, 2 km. northwest of the stream. It occupies the tip of the cape, an area of ​​approx. 1500 sq. m., height above the floodplain 6-12 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, 12-13 centuries.
18. Town. Settlement 2 (Middle Enemy), 11th-13th centuries 1 km. east of the village. Dimensions approx. 400x200 m., height above the floodplain 6-12 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornament.
19. Town. Settlement 3 (near the Dark Enemy), 11th-13th centuries 1 km. north-east of the village, the left root bank of the river. Klyazma, the bank of the Dark ravine. Dimensions approx. 200x150 m. Ancient Russian pottery, 12th-13th centuries.
22. Kunitsyno. Settlement 1 (Prudny Enemy, Medium Enemy 5), 10th-13th centuries According to V.P. Glazov 1969, located 0.5 km. northwest of the village, 2 km. northeast of the village. Town, on the left bank of the river. Klyazma. Ceramics stucco and pottery Old Russian.
21. Kunitsyno. Settlement 2 (Crimson Enemy 1), 11th-13th centuries 0.8 km. from the northwest of the village, 1.4 km. northeast of the village of Gorodok, the left root bank of the river. Klyazma. Old Russian pottery.
25. Kunitsyno. Settlement 3 (Kunitsyn enemy 6), 10th-13th centuries 0.5 km. south southeast of the village, 2.2 km. east northeast of the village of Gorodok, 100 m north of the riverbed. Area approx. 8000 sq. m., height above the river 18-20 m. Old Russian stucco and pottery ceramics.
24. Kunitsyno. Settlement 4 (Water Mountain 10), 10th-13th centuries At the southern outskirts of the village, 2.4 km. north northeast of the village. Gorodok, left root bank of the river. Klyazma, 0.2 km. north of the riverbed, west of the Settlement Strelitz. Dimensions 80x40 m., height above the river 15-18 m. Old Russian stucco and pottery ceramics.
20. Kunitsyno. Settlement 5 (Crimson Enemy 2), 10th-13th centuries 1 km. southwest of the village, left bank of the river. Klyazma, tract Raspberry enemy. Area approx 2500 sq. m., height above the river 4-5 m. Old Russian molded and pottery ceramics.
26. Kunitsyno. Settlement 6 (Factory enemy), 10-13 centuries 1.2 km. southeast of the village, 2.6 m north northeast of the village of Gorodok. Dimensions approx. 150x35 m., height above the river approx. 18 m. Old Russian molded and pottery ceramics, pieces of clay coating.
27. Patakino (Kameshkovsky district). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries Southern outskirts of the village, left bank of the river. Klyazma. Dimensions approx. 100x50 m. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, 12th-13th centuries.
28. Mosttsy (Kameshkovsky district). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.3 km. south of the village, the left bank of the nameless stream, the left tributary of the river. Klyazma. Area approx. 4.5 ha. Old Russian pottery, 12th-13th centuries.

5. Rusino (Kovrovsky district). Burial mound Pushok. OK. 6 km. north of the village, the cape of the right bank of the river. Klyazma, tract Old plant, in the forest. Three mounds 0.9-1.0 m high, 4-7 m in diameter, with ring ditches at the base, located at a height of 8-9 m above the river. The mounds are overgrown with trees and shrubs. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.
7. Lyubets. Settlement 1, 11-13, 14-17 centuries 0.2 km. north of the village, the right high bank of the river. Klyazma. Dimensions 250x200 m, height above the river 10-15 m. The northern part of the monument is overgrown with shrubs. Ceramics, pottery, ancient Russian and late medieval. Old Russian ceramics was found only in the coastal part of the site.
8. Lyubets. Settlement 2, 11-13, 14-17 centuries The territory of the village, the right high bank of the river. Klyazma, south of Selishche 3, on the opposite south bank of the ravine. Dimensions 180x160 m., height above the river 10-14 m. The territory of the monument is occupied by a cemetery and a church. Ceramics, pottery, ancient Russian and late medieval. the first is found only in the coastal part of the site.
9. Lyubets. Settlement 3, 11-13, 14-17 centuries The western outskirts of the village, the right high bank of the river. Klyazma, on the northern bank of the ravine opposite from Selishche 2. Area approx. 4 hectares, height above the river 10-12 m. The eastern part of the monument is being plowed up for vegetable gardens. Ceramics, pottery, ancient Russian and late medieval.
10. Lyubets. Settlement 4, 11-13, 14-17 centuries South-western outskirts of the village, the right high bank of the river. Klyazma, south of Selishche 3. Area approx. 4 hectares, height above the river 10-12 m. The surface is overgrown with trees and shrubs, in the eastern part it is plowed up for vegetable gardens. Ceramics, pottery, ancient Russian and late medieval. Cm.
6. Lyubets. Burial mound Abelmanovsky. OK. 2 km. southwest of the village, near the southern outskirts and on the territory of the children's camp. Abelman, above the floodplain terrace of the right bank of the river. Klyazma, 0.15-0.20 km. from the riverbed, in a pine forest. 44 mounds 0.5-1.0 m high, 4-8 m in diameter, with circular ditches at the base, located at a height of 5-7 m above the river. The mounds are overgrown with trees and shrubs. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.
11. Pogost (Kovrovsky district). Settlement Nerekhotskoe, 10-13 centuries. OK. 1.5 km. north of the northern outskirts of the village, approx. 3 km. northeast of the northern edge of the village. Lyubets, two merged dune-like hills stretching from west to east in the floodplain of the left bank of the river. Nerekhta, 0.5 km. from the mouth. Area approx. 3 ha., height above the floodplain 4-6 m. The surface of the monument is exposed to wind erosion in places. Old Russian ceramics, incl. early pottery, ornamented with deep lines. The settlement is one of the earliest monuments of the Slavic-Russian population in the lower reaches of the Klyazma.
17. Glebovo (Kovrovsky district). Selishche Yukshinskoe, 11th-13th centuries 3 km. southeast of the village, approx. 2 km. to the north-east of the village of Staraya, a ledge of the right root bank of the r. Yuksha. Dimensions approx. 100x20 m., height above the river 18-20 m. Ancient Russian pottery.
16. Glebovo. Burial mound Tinsky perevoz. OK. 2 km. west south-west of the village, approx. 2.5 km. to the east northeast of the village of them. Abelman, right bank of the river. Klyazma, tract Tinsky perevoz. It has 105 barrows. The core of the burial ground is 20 cone-shaped mounds located in its central part, 1.5-2.0 m high, 14-16 m in diameter. The remaining mounds are 0.3-1.2 m high, 4-8 m in diameter. pits. According to external signs, the burial ground can be attributed to the Old Russian pre-Mongolian time.
1. Malyshevo. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries The territory of the right bank of the river. Take away. It stretched along the coast for a distance of approx. 1 km. with a width of 100-150 m. Old Russian and late medieval pottery.
2. B. Vsegodichi. Settlement 1, 11th-13th centuries The central part of the village. Area approx. 3 hectares, height above the river 8-9 m. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornament.
3. B. Vsegodichi. Settlement 2, 11-13, 14-17 centuries 100 m south-west of Selishche 1. It stretches along the coast, dimensions 400-450x170-200 m. Ancient Russian and late medieval pottery.
4. M. Vsegodichi. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries Eastern outskirts of the village, left bank of the river. Take away. Old Russian pottery.
19. 20. 21. 22. 18. . Klyazminsky Gorodok(Kovrovsky district).
26. 25. Cusemino. Burial mound 1, 2, 10-13 centuries. 2 km. south of the village, left bank of the river. Tara, in a mixed forest. At the beginning of the 20th century consisted of 20 burial mounds; five mounds 0.3-0.4 m high, 4-5 m in diameter, with ditches at the base, have been preserved. Several mounds in burial grounds 1 and 2 were explored in the 1930s. A.G. Butryakov, contained corpses with a western orientation. Among the finds are bronze wire rings, buttons, scraps of fabric. In 1951 A.G. Butryakov excavated another mound 1.6 m high, in which calcined bones, fragments of a molded pot, and two gilded beads were found.
27. Petrovskoe. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.3 km. south of the village, the plateau of the left bank of the river. Tara, ok. 5 km. from the stream. Area approx. 3 ha. Old Russian pottery.
28. Petrovskoe. Burial mound, 10-13 centuries According to A.G. Butryakov in the 1950s, located near the village, on the right bank of the river. Container. He investigated one mound containing the remains of a cremation on the mainland with a potter's pot.
29. Filino. Burial mound, 11-13 centuries According to A.G. Butryakov in the 1930s, located near the village on the right bank of the river. Container. Several burial mounds were excavated by A.G. Butryakov, contained corpses with a Western orientation, mostly without things.
12. Dawn. Burial mound. 11th-13th centuries 5.5 km. east of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma, in a coniferous forest.
23. Yudikha (Kovrovsky district). Selishche Venets, 11th-13th centuries OK. 5 km. west of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma, Venets tract, on both banks of a shallow ravine. The area of ​​the monument to the west of the ravine is 2.2 ha, to the east 1.5 ha. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.
24. Yudiha. Mound. 3 km. west of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma, in a coniferous forest. Height 1.1 m, diameter 12 m. The embankment is broken by a treasure pit.

3. 2. 4. Shustovo. Settlement 1, 10th-13th centuries Ceramics stucco and pottery Old Russian. Settlement 2, 10th-13th centuries Near the southeastern outskirts of the village, a gentle slope of the left root bank of the river. Container. Ceramics stucco and pottery Old Russian. Settlement 3, 11th-13th centuries Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.
1. Shustovo. Soil burial ground, 8th-10th centuries According to local residents, at a depth of 0.6-0.7 m, two burials were found, made according to the burial rite with a southeast and northwest orientation. At the first of them, a molded vessel and an iron ax were found, at the second - multi-colored glass beads. By the nature of the finds, the burials can be attributed to the pre-Slavic Finno-Ugric population of the 8th-10th centuries.
5. Black Sea. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries Northern outskirts of the village, right bank of the river. Tara, 0.2 km. east of the stream. Stretched along the coast, dimensions 200x40-45 m. Old Russian and late medieval pottery, incl. gray clay.
6. Zarechny (Vyaznikovsky district). Settlement, 2nd floor. 1st millennium AD, 10th-13th centuries 0.25 km. to the north-east of the village, the cape of the right root bank of the river. Tara, ok. 1 km. from the mouth. It stretches from the northwest to the southeast, the dimensions are 180x60 m, the height above the river is 2-3 m. Mstera. Ceramics are stucco, without ornament, of the Meryan appearance and Old Russian, Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornament.
7. Slobodka. Settlement 1, 11th-13th centuries 0.7 km. northwest of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma near the old river. Container. It stretched from west to east, dimensions 110x90 m, height above the oxbow lake 1.0-1.5 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornament.
8. Slobodka. Settlement 2, 11th-13th centuries 100 m. southeast of the village. It stretched along the coast from north to south, dimensions 200x60-80 m, height above the river 3-4 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornament.
9. Deep. Settlement, 11-13, 14-17 centuries The northern outskirts of the village, the right root bank of the river. Klyazma. Area approx. 1 ha., height above the river 13-15 m. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, as well as late medieval, including gray-clay, red-clay and black-clay.
18. The steps of the village. Settlement 1, 14th-17th centuries According to V.Ya. Sergin 1969, located 1.2 km. southwest of the village, on the left bank of the river. Klyazma, 1 km. from the riverbed, on a sloping hillock, skirted by the Nikolskaya oxbow lake from the west and north, around the destroyed Nikolskaya church, at a height of 6-7 m above the oxbow lake. Pottery late medieval, mainly 16-17 centuries.
19. The feet of the village. Settlement 2, 14th-17th centuries Located to the north of Selishche 1. Late medieval pottery, incl. white-clay and black-glazed 16-17 centuries.
22. Village villages. Settlement, 14th-17th centuries 0.12-0.15 km. west of the village, left bank of the river. Klyazma, a low hill, bounded from the east and south by the oxbow lake Zerkalo, from the west by a stream flowing into the lake. The height above the lake is 5.0-5.5 m. Late medieval pottery, 16-17 centuries. and more recent times.
30. . Selishche Tolmachevskoe, 11-13, 14-17 centuries Eastern outskirts of the city, north of St. Klyazminskaya, large settlement Tolmachevskaya, right bank of the river. Klyazma. It stretches along the coast, from the north it is limited by a slope to the floodplain, from the west by small ravines, the size is approx. 180x60 m., height above the river 5-6 m. Investigated (V.V. Sedov) 12 sq. m. Ancient Russian and late medieval pottery, including sulfur-clay ceramics of the 13th-15th centuries, iron knives, an arrowhead, a fragment of scissors. Remains of the Vyaznikovskaya Sloboda, first mentioned in 1608, or a settlement that preceded it.
31. Lapino. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.4 northwest of the village, gentle slope of the right bank of the river. Klyazma. Dimensions approx. 190x120 m., height above the river 5-10 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornament.
66. 67. 68. 69. Pirovy Gorodishchi. .
70. Tinkers. Selishche, 1013 centuries 0.25 km. north of the village, the right root bank of the river. Klyazma, 0.14 km. from the stream. Area approx. 2.5 ha., divided into two parts by a deep ravine, height above the river 15-16 m. Old Russian molded and pottery ceramics.
61. 62. Yakushiha. Settlement 1, 14th-17th centuries The southwestern outskirts of the village, to the left of the road to the village of Novo, the left bank of the river. Klyazma, the right bank of the stream, the right tributary of the Istok Velikov stream, which flows into the lake. Great. Late medieval pottery, incl. gray-clay, white-clay and black-glazed 16-17 centuries. Settlement 2, 14th-17th centuries

29. M. Puddles. Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 1 km. west northwest of the village, right bank of the river. Klyazma. Old Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments.
32. Settlements (Gorokhovets). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries OK. 1 km. northeast of the village, near the southwestern outskirts of the town of Gorokhovets, the first terrace above the floodplain on the right bank of the river. Klyazma, ok. 1 km. northeast of the Settlement. Dimensions 80x70 m. Height above the swampy floodplain 4-6 m. Ancient Russian pottery.
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35. Galitsy (Gorokhovetsky district). Settlement, 11th-13th centuries 0.8 km. east of the eastern outskirts of the village, the slope of the first floodplain terrace of the left bank of the river. Suvoroshch. Dimensions approx. 100x70 m., height above the river 4-5 m. Ancient Russian pottery with linear and wavy ornaments, 12-13 centuries.
45. Beans. Settlement 7, Neolithic, Bronze Age, 14th-17th centuries 1.8 km. southeast of the village. Late medieval pottery, incl. white-clay 16-17 centuries.

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Between Gorokhovets and Nizhny Novgorod there was the city of Berezhets (Resurrection Chronicle) or Berezhech (Novgorod I Chronicle). This city is mentioned in the annals in the story of the campaign against Nizhny Novgorod by Moscow and Suzdal troops in 1364. The prince gathered an army in his fatherland in Suzdal and, together with Moscow's help, moved against Nizhny Novgorod. The troops reached Berezhets, where the Nizhny Novgorod prince met them with an offer of peace. Consequently, Berezhets was located somewhere along the road from Suzdal to Nizhny Novgorod. Presumably, the city of Berezhets can be identified with the village of Bereztsy or Berezhtsy, located halfway between these cities, not far from the modern city of Gorbatov, at the confluence of the Klyazma into the Oka. Also determines the location of the chronicle Berezhets and A. V. Ekzemplyarsky: Berezhen, - now the village of Berezhny at the mouth of the Klyazma.

settlements along the river. Rpen

84. Yanovets. Old Russian settlement Yanovets-1, X-XIII centuries 1 km. southeast of the village, the slope of the left bank of the river. Varvarka (right tributary of the Rpen river), 0.4 km. southwest of the mouth. Dimensions approx. 260x210 m, height above the river 2-10 m. Ancient Russian stucco and pottery, pieces of oven, burnt stones, animal bones.
83. Yanovets. Old Russian settlement Yanovets-2, XII-XIII centuries. 0.65 km. southeast of; village, slope of the right bank of the river. Rpin, 0.2 km. northwest of Selishche 1. Dimensions approx. 340x100 m., height above the river 3-10 m. Ancient Russian pottery.
- Settlement Brutovo. On the western outskirts of the village, in the Gorodok tract, on a hill, in the floodplain of the left bank of the river. Rpen (right, tributary of the Nerl). The rounded (75 m in diameter) area of ​​the settlement is surrounded by an annular rampart (1.5 m high) and a moat (0.7 m deep). The cultural layer (0.7 m) contains fragments of ancient Russian (XII-XIII centuries) pottery.
- Settlement of Brutovo, XI-XIII centuries. Suzdal district, with. Brutovo, northwestern outskirts of the village, right bank of the left tributary of the river. Rpen.
85. Burial mound, XI-XII centuries. Suzdal district, with. Brutovo, 2.5 km SW.
85. Burial mound Brutovo (Panki). Suzdal region, with. Brutovo, 4 km south of the village church, near the road to the village. Garden, watershed hill between the river. Rpin and r. Nerl, on the field. Two mounds 1.96 and 2.0 m high, 18 and 20 m in diameter, with circular ditches at the base. Ancient Russian pre-Mongol times.
87. Goritsy. Kurgan group, p. Goritsy XI-XII centuries. 0.25 km. south southwest of the church of the village, the right bank of the river. Rpen. There were 12 mounds.
95. 96. - Snovitsy (microdistrict of Vladimir). Settlement 1, 14th-17th centuries Settlement 2, 11-13, 14-17 centuries

The Suzdal road from Vladimir went in the opposite side of the Vetshany city to the northeast and passed the Zachatievsky Monastery through the fords on the Lybed River, past the Fedorovsky Monastery, across the Rpen River, then along the mountain through the village of Krasnoe to Sukhodol, Poretskoe, Spasskoe settlement and Suzdal.
- Gubachevo. Burial mound, 11-13 centuries Near the village. Investigated (A.S. Uvarov, 1851) six mounds containing the remains of corpses with a Western orientation and ancient Russian things.
- Zhitkovo. Burial mound. Near the village, right bank of the river. Rpen. Plowed up.
- Dam. Burial mound, 11-13 centuries near the village. Investigated (A.S. Uvarov, 1852) 11 mounds containing corpses with a western orientation. Plowed up.

Literature:
Archaeological map of Russia. Vladimir region. Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Old Russian settlements along the river. Take away.
Meryano-Slavic settlements along the river. Kamenka and Nerl
Suzdal Principality

Settlements of the developed Middle Ages of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality.

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HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES IN THE VLADIMIR REGION If you look at the physical map of the Vladimir region, you can immediately conditionally divide it into two unequal historical territories. top occupies the so-called Opole. Lower - Meshchera. How did the names of these regions come about? Who called them that? There may be many versions. The name Opole is of Slavic origin, this is beyond doubt. However, the etymological roots of the word "opolye" are not entirely clear. Some believe that this means "edge of the field" (the outskirts of some large arable land). Others seek to connect the origin of such a name for a vast fertile territory in the north-east of the Russian state with the word "scorch" (burn). This statement is based on absolutely accurate facts: indeed, in order to develop land for grain farming, gardening and animal husbandry, the Slavs who came here in the 9th-10th centuries burned forests. There are other versions ... As for the name "Meshchera", it, being much more ancient than the name "Opole", does not cause doubts among local historians and scientists. Since time immemorial, this was the name of the region in the middle Poochie, where the tribes of the Meshchera people, akin to the Magyars, lived. Russian chronicles and other historical sources tell about the Meshchers up to the 16th century. Today, over 2,600 villages, villages, cities and towns with their geographical names are located on these two large territories, which are a generous source for studying folk art, life, and beliefs. To trace how certain names arose, let's follow the methods of archaeologists. True, we will have to "dig" not "from above", but "from below" - and thus establish historical layers. What are we discovering? Such names of cities, villages, rivers and lakes as Murom, Suzdal, Nerl, Peksha, Vorsha, Koloksha, Klyazma, Sudogda, Gza, Teza, Nerekhta, Suvoroshch, Kshara, Zhikhra, tell us that the tribes of the Finnish root lived here - muroma, merya and all (although, according to generally accepted opinion, the name of water arteries is relatively older than the names of settlements, because it is believed that the names of the latter are more closely involved in the historical struggle, depend on it and serve it more actively). But the Slavs are settling next to the Finnish settlements. And, for example, the villages of Krasnoe, Dobrynskoe, Poretskoe, Lybid, Galich, Vyshgorie appear near Kideksha - the names are clearly Kievan. The next historical layer is associated with the formation of feudal relations, when property began to play a special role. Ownership names appear. Toponymy is flooded with names that answer the question “whose”? There are many such names on the territory of Vladimir land. As a rule, they end in suffixes -ov (ev) and -in. The spread of feudal ownership of land has become the main sign of the name of the place - to whom it belongs. Hence such names as Karavaevo, Larionovo, Boldino. The cities were named after the princes: Vladimir, Yuryev-Polsky. Personal names at this time acquired special significance in the choice of names. So, names formed only from the personal name Ivan occur 31 times. Then a layer appears, the origin of which is associated with the appearance of the Mongol-Tatars in the Russian lands. Such names as Baksheevo, Tatarinovo, Orda, Kurganikha, Tarkhanovo, Kibirevo, Baskakovo, Batyevo, Kobyaki speak for themselves. The name of such villages in the Melenkovsky district as Maly Priklon, Bolshoy Priklon is associated with the stay in these places of the troops of Ivan the Terrible, heading for Kazan. Here they rested, stocked up on food and equipment. In the XIV-XVII centuries, names appeared that arose not as designations for the places themselves, but precisely for the inhabitants by their occupation. Such places began to be called settlements (that is, freedom), since the feudal lord provided the inhabitants of the settlements (blacksmiths, potters, etc.) with certain benefits. With the development of the coachman industry along the former "Vladimirka", the infamous road along which convicts were driven beyond the Urals and to Siberia, settlements appeared with the common name Dvoriki (Pavlovsky, Seninsky, Orlovsky, simply Dvoriki). In all these villages in the past there were inns located along the road. After the revolution, the territory of the Vladimir region literally turned red. Such names as Red October, Red Bogatyr, Red Echo, Zarya, Voskhod poured in a powerful stream ... Geographical names occupy an honorable place among the most precious historical monuments. They are eloquent witnesses of the past, a living voice of distant times. The names of rivers and streams, ravines and groves, floodplains, forest valleys and springs, tracts, swamps, beams - all this taken together adds up to a mysterious image of the Motherland, without which a person cannot live.

In the city "House of Youth Culture" today summed up the results of the competition "The most beautiful village of the Vladimir region." The winners were awarded diplomas, letters of thanks and cash prizes. For the third time, the settlements of 33 regions compete with each other in the improvement and attractiveness of the territories.

The number of participants is growing every year, last year only 37 settlements took part in the competition, and this year their number increased to 47. There were two categories in the competition: small villages - up to 1000 inhabitants and large villages - up to 3500. Deputy Alexander Trutnev, Governor for Agriculture, congratulated the participants on behalf of Svetlana Orlova:

- The village is alive as long as traditions are observed in it and people live who are not indifferent to the fate of the hinterland.

The winner of the Grand Prix received a cash prize of 100 thousand rubles. The prize will be spent on the improvement of the village. The settlements that took the first places received 50 thousand rubles each, for the second place - 30 thousand rubles, for the third - 15 thousand rubles.

First, 11 villages with up to 3,500 people were awarded. In the first nomination "The most equipped village" won the village of Rukav, Sobinsky district. Nomination "The most mysterious village" - the village of Omoforovo, Sobinsky district. "The most flourishing village" - p. Irkovo, Alexandrovsky district, "The most beautiful name» - the village of Maisky, Aleksandrovsky district.

The director of the VGTRK - Vladimir - Andrey Filinov established the nomination "For the will to live", in which the village of Karelskaya Slobodka of the Yuryev-Polsky district won. “There are very few people in such villages, there are no roads, but they strive for the best, create museums, restore churches,” Andrey Filinov noted.

In the nomination "The most cinematic village" - the village of Mordysh, Suzdal region. "Rich cultural heritage" - the village of Krutovo, Petushinsky district. "The most fertile village" - the village of Spas-Kupalishche, Sudogodsky district. And the most promising village was the village of Likino, Sudogodsky district. In the "promising village" nomination, the village of Novoe Kovrovsky district was named.

The most hospitable village was the village of Orekhovoe - Sobinsky district. In the nomination "For fidelity to traditions" the village of Markovo, Petushinsky district, was in the lead. "The most caring village" - Serpovo, Vyaznikovsky district. "The most advanced village" - Dmitrievy Gory Melenkovsky. "The best courtyard" - the village of Kunitsino, Kameshkovsky district and the village of Gostets, Petushinsky district.

The most economic village is Cheganovo, Sobinsky district. And the kindest village, according to the jury, was the village of Lyakhi, Melenkovsky district.

The winners of the competition in the number of up to 1000 thousand inhabitants were:

1st place - Kunitsyno village, Kameshkovsky district;

2nd place - Matveevka village, Selivanovsky district;

3rd place - the village of Snegirevo, Kolchuginsky district.

Points, numbering from 1.5 to 3 thousand, here the leaders are:

1st place - the village of Turgenevo, Melenkovsky district;

2nd place - the village of Golovino, Sudogodsky district;

3rd place - the village of Nebyloye, Yuryev-Polsky district.

As planned by the organizers, the competition will help preserve the rural historical and cultural heritage, and will also contribute to the development of rural tourism and increase the attractiveness of rural areas.

On July 27, 2016, the results of the II Competition to identify the most beautiful village in the Vladimir region were summed up, which is held with the active support of the Vladimir branch of the Russian Geographical Society - among the members of the Organizing Committee, the Chairman of the branch I.A. Karlovich and members of the Branch Council A.K. Tikhonov and A.E. Karpov. The other organizers of the competition were the Council of Supporters United Russia, OPORA Russia, Administration of the Vladimir region.

This time, 37 villages took part in the competition, almost 2 times more than last year's 20 participants. It is very gratifying that the Beautiful Villages Competition is attracting wide attention from the residents of the area, the villagers and the media. More than 15,000 people took part in the preliminary voting. The representatives of the villages very cordially received the visiting commissions of the Organizing Committee and we really hope that the competition will allow the villagers to take a fresh look at their small homeland, will become another reason for pride and will contribute to their development.

Taking into account the experience of the 2015 Competition, it was decided to divide villages into 2 groups - large ones with more than 500 inhabitants, and small ones, since it is difficult to compare villages with a population of several thousand people and small villages with several dozen inhabitants. Thus, it was decided to assign 7 prizes - one Grand Prix and three prizes each in the groups of small and large villages, as well as 2 prizes for the winners of the popular vote. In addition, many additional nominations were assigned following the results of the competition, so that in the end no one left unmarked.

The winners of the competition were:

Grand Prix - Butylitsy and Archangel villages (Selivanovsky district);

Small villages:

1st place - the village of Yuromka (Selivanovsky district);
2nd place - Orekhovo village (Sobinsky district);
3rd place - the village of Usolye (Kameshkovsky district);

Large villages:

1st place - the village of Borisovskoye (Suzdal region);
2nd place - the village of Cherkutino (Sobinsky district);
3rd place - the village of Stepantsevo (Vyaznikovsky district);

the village of Dubki (Kolchuginsky district);
the village of Serkovo (Vyaznikovsky district);

Additional nominations:

    "For the will to win" - the village of Dmitrievy Gory (Melenkovsky district);

    "The most promising village" - the village of Ivatino (Melenkovsky district), the village of Bolshie Vsegodichi (Kovrovsky district), the village of Bolshevysokovo, the villages of Edon and Buturlino (Vyaznikovsky district), the village of Konyukhovo and the village of Andreevskoye (Aleksandrovsky district);

    "For patience" - the village of Denyatino (Melenkovsky district);

    "The most comfortable settlement" - the village of Spasskoe Gorodishchi (Suzdal region);

    "The most environmentally friendly village" - the village of Aksenovo (Gus-Khrustalny district);

    "The most original village" - the village of Borisogleb (Sudogodsky district);

    "The most active village" - Likino (Sudogodsky district);

    "The most enterprising village" - Moshok (Sudogodsky district);

    "The most mysterious village" - Konyaevo (Sudogodsky district);

    "The most famous village" - Alepino (Sobinsky district);

    "Village with the best traditions" - Kunitsyno (Kameshkovsky district);

    "The most friendly village" - Eltesunovo (Sobinsky district);

    "The most creative village" - Pozdnyakovo (Vyaznikovsky district);

    "The most hospitable village" - Ilkino (Melenkovsky district);

    "The most comfortable village" - Iskra (Aleksandrovsky district);

    "The Charm of the Outback" - Fominki (Gorokhovetsky district);

    "The most sporting village" - Sadovy (Suzdal region);

    "The most tourist village" - Orekhovo (Sobinsky district);

    "The most fertile village" - Velikodvorye (Gus-Khrustalny district), Volosovo (Sobinsky district) and Borisogleb (Sudogodsky district);

    "The soul of the village" (was established for the heads of villages) - the head of the villages of Elino and Shokhino (Melenkovsky district) Lyudmila Klimina and the head of the village of Kunitsyno (Kameshkovsky district) Olga Gromova.