Historical Geography Journal ISSN 2782-6511 (Print) | ISSN 3034-5286 (Online)

Andrey V. Gusev
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Museum and Exhibition Complex named after I. S. Shemanovsky (Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard)
ORCID 0000-0003-1812-4741
E-mail: gusev_av2004@mail.ru

Nikita V. Pertsev
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Museum and Exhibition Complex named after I.S. Shemanovsky (Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard)
ORCID 0009-0000-8664-7769
E-mail: pertsev1991@yandex.ru

Andrey V. Plekhanov
Head of the club formation of the Obdorsky Ostrog Historical and Architectural Complex (Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard)
ORCID 0000-0001-7334-6684
E-mail: andrei_plehanov@mail.ru

Alexander N. Sabarov
Department of State Protection, Preservation, Popularization and Organizational Work of the Service of State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug — Yugra (Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District)
ORCID 0009-0006-2481-0894
E-mail: Sabarov79@gmail.com

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UDC 904(571.121)
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2025-4-2-108-119

ABSTRACT. The paper presents the results of a research project on localization of cultural heritage sites in the Lower Ob region, noted in the works of the Tobolsk cartographer S. U. Remezov. The article is devoted to the search for one of these sites — Poluysky Gorodok (small-town), noted in the Chorographical Drawing Book on the left bank of the Poluy River. The discussions of the purpose of the towns presented in the article show the possibility of their location away from trade routes. In addition to traditional historical methods, including analysis and comparison of various written and cartographic sources of the 18th century, in the course of work to identify the possible localization of the site, the authors analyzed the microtoponymy of the study area, which made it possible to significantly narrow the search area. Linguistic data were used to resolve the issue of attribution of Poluysky Gorodok as a previously unknown archaeological object in a poorly studied area. A new step towards specifying the location of the site was the use of GIS technologies. Specifically, the authors analyzed the vegetation cover of the study area, which revealed anomalies associated with the existence of a long-term settlement in the past in one of the limited search areas. Field studies of the area were carried out in 2021 and made it possible to identify the previously unknown fortified point associated with Poluysky Gorodok. Analysing the materials obtained during the pitting allowed dating the object to the late Middle Ages – Modern times, that is, the time of the existence of the settlement indicated by S. U. Remezov. Thus, the results obtained once again emphasize the accuracy of the information provided by S. U. Remezov.

KEYWORDS: North of Western Siberia, S. U. Remezov, historical geography, archaeological site, settlement

For citation: Gusev A. V., Pertsev N. V., Plekhanov А. V., Sabarov А. N. [Poluysky Gorodok: From a Point on S. U. Remezov’s Drawing to a Cultural Heritage Site]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2025, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 108–119. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-4-1-108-119 (In Russian).

Received 18 April 2025
Accepted 1 July 2025

© 2025 The Authors

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