Crimean Gotiya and "happy country Oyum" of Jordanes Cover Image

Крымская Готия и «счастливая страна Ойум» Иордана
Crimean Gotiya and "happy country Oyum" of Jordanes

Author(s): Yuri Yu. Shevchenko
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Historical Geography, Ethnohistory, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Нижневартовский государственный университет
Keywords: Velbark; goth; Oyum; church archeology; Chernyakhov culture

Summary/Abstract: The author continues to enter into scientific circulation research results in Southwest Crimea. The article analyzes the new archaeological material and the results of the study of church monuments of archeology. On the basis of the synthesis of the written and archaeological sources, the author hypothesized localization country «Oyum» in Crimea.