Сhernov S. Z. The Reconstruction of the Fields of Ancient Radonezh as of 1617
Sergey Z. Сhernov
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Institute of Archaeology of the RAS
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: chernovaz@mail.ru
ORCID: 0009-0006-0578-8564
Download | Back to the Content № 2. 2023
UDC 94(470.311):528.94
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2023-2-2-68-75
ABSTRACT. The article proposes the reconstruction of the fields of ancient Radonezh (Sergiev Posad city district of Moscow region), recorded by the 1617 description. It was established that in 1617 an area of 278.4 hectares was plowed, which was only 50 hectares larger than the size of the fields of the village of Gorodok (now the village of Radonezh) in the 20th century (229 ha). In addition, within the boundaries of the lands of the village of Gorodok Radonezh, there were abandoned arable lands designated by scribes as «fallow lands and overgrown with forest» with an area of 376 hectares. These abandoned arable lands were partially localized thanks to the plan of 1768 and military survey of 1852–1853. 12 wastelands were also assigned to the village of Gorodok Radonezh, most of which are localized. As the botanical description showed, secondary forests grow in the area of abandoned arable land in 1617 In the territories not affected by plowing, the natural composition of vegetation is preserved.
KEYWORDS: Radonezh, medieval fields, general surveying, military survey of 1852–1853, vegetation composition, localization
For citation: Сhernov S. Z. The Reconstruction of the Fields of Ancient Radonezh as of 1617 // Historical Geography Journal. 2023 Vol. 2 № 2 P. 68–75.
