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Этнокультурная история средневековой Карелии
Ethnocultural History of Medieval Karelia

Author(s): Svetlana Ivanovna Kochkurkina
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: ethnic genesis; archeology of Karelia; history of the Middle Ages; Karelians; Veps; Russians in Karelia;

Summary/Abstract: In the article, based on archaeological materials, written sources, toponymy, ethnography and anthropology, the ethno­cultural zones of medieval Karelia are distinguished. The process of formation of three large areas is characterized: North-Western Ladoga region, the territory of the chronicles’ Korela; South-Eastern Ladoga and Southern Karelia, the lands of the ancient Veps, and the basin of Lake Onega, inhabited by hunters, fishermen and trappers of different ethnic origin.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 335-351
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian