The Estuary of the Volga River in the Golden Horde Period Cover Image

Дельта Волги в золотоордынский период
The Estuary of the Volga River in the Golden Horde Period

Author(s): Evgeniy M. Pigarev
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Ulus of Jochi; Golden Horde; Volga estuary; hillfort; settlement; suburban environs; micro-region; natural zones
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses peculiarities inherent in formation and development of the administrative-territorial structure of the Volga estuary in the Golden Horde period, singles out economic micro-regions included in the Khan’s domain and offers geographical characteristics of the lower reaches of the Volga River, which had influenced the development of the Golden Horde cities and the formation of their suburbs.