Country of Сities: Сomprehensive Research of the Fortified Settlements of the Volga Bulgaria

Authors

  • Bulat M. Usmanov Kazan Federal University
  • Iskander I. Gainullin Autonomous non-profit organization "Research Center "Country of Cities"
  • Maxim A. Ivanov Kazan Federal University
  • Peter V. Khomyakov Kazan Federal University
  • Airat M. Gubaidullin A.Kh. Khalikov Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan
  • Oleg P. Yermolaev Kazan Federal University
  • Khalim M. Abdullin A.Kh. Khalikov Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan
  • Nadezhda S. Salamatina Kazan Federal University
  • Artur M. Gafurov Kazan Federal University
  • Alexey V. Kasimov Autonomous non-profit organization "Research Center" Country of Cities"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2021-45-4-481-504

Keywords:

archaeological heritage, fortifications, hazardous exogenous processes, anthropogenic impact, state assessment, remote sensing data, geographic information systems, geoportal

Abstract

As part of the RFBR project "Antiquities", on the historical territory of Volga Bulgaria, one of the earliest medieval states in Eastern Europe, which existed in the 10th - early 13th centuries, studies of spatial relationships and regional patterns of placement of medieval settlements were carried out, their transformation was assessed as negative natural and anthropogenic processes, collected information about the archaeological sites of the studied region using an integrated (multidisciplinary) approach and modern research methods. For the first time for the study area, fragmentary information about medieval settlements was collected and organized, archaeological materials were re-interpreted, the risks of destruction of medieval settlements by natural and anthropogenically determined processes were identified and quantified. For the first time, a specialized GIS and an open-source geoportal are being created for objects of archaeological heritage – fortified settlements of the Volga Bulgaria.

The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 18-09-40114.

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Author Biographies

Bulat M. Usmanov, Kazan Federal University

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Iskander I. Gainullin, Autonomous non-profit organization "Research Center "Country of Cities"

Director of ANO "Research Center" Country of Cities", Kazan, Russia

Maxim A. Ivanov, Kazan Federal University

PhD in Geography, Associate Professor of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Peter V. Khomyakov, Kazan Federal University

Engineer of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Airat M. Gubaidullin, A.Kh. Khalikov Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Department of Medieval Archeology of the Institute of Archaeology named after А.Kh. Khalikov Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia

Oleg P. Yermolaev, Kazan Federal University

Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Khalim M. Abdullin, A.Kh. Khalikov Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Information and Editorial Department of the А.Kh. Khalikov Institute of Archaeology Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia

Nadezhda S. Salamatina, Kazan Federal University

Master of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Artur M. Gafurov, Kazan Federal University

PhD in Geography, assistant of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Alexey V. Kasimov, Autonomous non-profit organization "Research Center" Country of Cities"

Researcher of the ANO "Research Center" Country of Cities ", Kazan, Russia

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2022-02-07

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Usmanov, B. M., Gainullin, I. I., Ivanov, M. A., Khomyakov, P. V., Gubaidullin, A. M., Yermolaev, O. P., Abdullin, K. M., Salamatina, N. S., Gafurov, A. M., & Kasimov, A. V. (2022). Country of Сities: Сomprehensive Research of the Fortified Settlements of the Volga Bulgaria. Regional Geosystems, 45(4), 481-504. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2021-45-4-481-504

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