The “Cave Town” of Eski Kermen in A.S. Uvarov’s Description

The “Cave Town” of Eski Kermen in A.S. Uvarov’s Description

The author analyzes the description of “cave town” of Eski Kermen written by A.S. Uvarov as part of fourth chapter From Dnieper to Taurid Mountains of 3rd unpublished volume Research of Antiquities from the South Russia and Black Sea coast. Today this description is kept in the archive of the State...

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Main Author: Yuriy M. Mogarichev
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Volgograd State University 2017-11-01
Series:Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 4. Istoriâ, Regionovedenie, Meždunarodnye Otnošeniâ
Subjects:
written in red ink that probably supposed the insertion of text in the future. The available text consists of 2 irregular parts: the brief outline of hillfort history and the detailed description of frescoes from the so-called Temple of Three riders. The Uvarov’s viewpoint about the time of hillfort construction in Eski Kermen (6th cent.) is close to the viewpoints of modern scholars on the chronology of fortification. The cultural and political context of Uvarov’s view on Eski Kermen construction also correlates with modern ideas. The detailed description of the Temple of Three riders can be considered to be the first in the historiography. Therefore
this description and the author’s interpretation of fresco composition are of not only historiographic
but also practical interest. In addition
the article shows some details that had been lost by the beginning of the 20th century. In this way
the present work of A.S. Uvarov can be considered to be a primary source for studying fresco composition in the Temple of Three riders
Crimea
Eski Kermen
“cave towns”
temple
fresco
A.S. Uvarov
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