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Gnezdovo, the Glossary

Gnezdovo or Gnyozdovo (Гнёздово) is an archeological site located near the village of Gnyozdovo in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia.^[1]

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74 relations: Anno Domini, Askold and Dir, Baltic Sea, Birka, Black Grave, Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast, Boris and Gleb, Byzantine Empire, Chernihiv, Christianization of Kievan Rus', Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, Confluence, Constantine VII, Constantinople, Cremation, Cyrillic script, Daugava, De Administrando Imperio, Dichotomy, Dnieper, Druzhina, Dublin, Europe, Garðaríki, Gdańsk, Gnyozdovo, Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Hauberk, Hauksbók, Hectare, Hedeby, Islamic calendar, Kerch, Kideksha, Kievan Rus', Knyaz, Krivichs, Kurgan, Kyiv, Lovat (river), Max Vasmer, Mogens Herman Hansen, Mustard (condiment), Nestor the Chronicler, Old East Slavic, Pogost, Portage, Pre-Christian Slavic writing, Primary Chronicle, Razor, ... Expand index (24 more) »
Buildings and structures in Smolensk Oblast
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Smolensk Oblast
Geography of Smolensk Oblast
Old East Slavic inscriptions
Portages
Rus' settlements
Varangians

Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Askold and Dir (Haskuldr or Hǫskuldr and Dyr or Djur in Old Norse; died in 882), mentioned in both the Primary Chronicle, the Novgorod First Chronicle, and the Nikon Chronicle, were the earliest known rulers of Kiev.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Birka

Birka (Birca in medieval sources), on the island of Björkö (lit. "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of the European continent and the Orient.

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Black Grave

The Black Grave (translit) is the largest burial mound (kurgan) in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

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Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast

Bogolyubovo (Боголю́бово) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Suzdalsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located some northeast of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Boris and Gleb

Boris and Gleb (Borisŭ i Glěbŭ), respective Christian names Roman (label) and David (label), were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after its Christianization.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Chernihiv

Chernihiv (Чернігів,; Chernigov) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast.

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Christianization of Kievan Rus'

The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages.

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Classification of inhabited localities in Russia

The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.

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Constantine VII

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Cremation

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning.

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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script or simply Slavic script is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia.

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Daugava

The Daugava (Daugova; Dźwina; Düna) or Western Dvina (translit; Заходняя Дзвіна; Väina; Väinäjoki) is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea.

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De Administrando Imperio

("On the Governance of the Empire") is the Latin title of a Greek-language work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII.

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Dichotomy

A dichotomy is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets).

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Dnieper

The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.

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Druzhina

In the medieval history of Kievan Rus' and Early Poland, a druzhina, drużyna, or družyna (Slovak and družina; drużyna;;, druzhýna literally a "fellowship") was a retinue in service of a Slavic chieftain, also called knyaz. Gnezdovo and druzhina are Varangians.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Garðaríki

Garðaríki (anglicized Gardariki or Gardarike) or Garðaveldi was the Old Norse term used in the Middle Ages for the lands of Rus'.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Gnyozdovo

Gnyozdovo (Гнёздово) is a village in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Dnieper River twelve kilometers downstream from Smolensk, in the proximity of Katyn.

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Great Soviet Encyclopedia

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (GSE;, BSE) is the largest Soviet Russian-language encyclopedia, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990.

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Hauberk

A hauberk or byrnie is a shirt of mail.

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Hauksbók

Hauksbók ('Book of Haukr') is a 14th century Icelandic manuscript created by Haukr Erlendsson.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Hedeby

Hedeby (Old Norse Heiðabýr, German Haithabu) was an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement near the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, now in the Schleswig-Flensburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Islamic calendar

The Hijri calendar (translit), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.

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Kerch

Kerch, also known as Keriç or Kerich, is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea.

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Kideksha

Kideksha (Кидекша) is a village (selo) in Seletskoye Rural Settlement, Suzdalsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kamenka and Nerl Rivers, east of Suzdal.

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Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.

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Knyaz

Knyaz or knez, also knjaz, kniaz (кънѧѕь|kŭnędzĭ) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands.

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Krivichs

The Krivichs or Kryvichs (krivichi; kryvičý) were a tribal union of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries.

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Kurgan

A kurgan is a type of tumulus constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons and horses.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Lovat (river)

The Lovat (Lovac',; Ло́вать) is a river in Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus, Usvyatsky, Velikoluksky, and Loknyansky Districts, as well as of the city of Velikiye Luki, of Pskov Oblast and Kholmsky, Poddorsky, Starorussky, and Parfinsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in Russia.

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Max Vasmer

Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer (Maksimilian Romanovich Fasmer; 28 February 1886 – 30 November 1962) was a Russian and German linguist.

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Mogens Herman Hansen

Mogens Herman Hansen FBA (20 August 1940 – 22 June 2024) was a Danish classical philologist and classical demographer who was one of the leading scholars in Athenian Democracy and the Polis.

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Mustard (condiment)

Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant (white/yellow mustard, Sinapis alba; brown mustard, Brassica juncea; or black mustard, Brassica nigra).

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Nestor the Chronicler

Nestor the Chronicler or Nestor the Hagiographer (Nestor Letopisec; 1056 – 1114) was a monk from the Kievan Rus who is known to have written two saints' lives: the Life of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves and the Account about the Life and Martyrdom of the Blessed Passion Bearers Boris and Gleb.

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Old East Slavic

Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian) was a language (or a group of dialects) used by the East Slavs from the 7th or 8th century to the 13th or 14th century, until it diverged into the Russian and Ruthenian languages.

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Pogost

Pogost (погост, from Old East Slavic: погостъ) is a Russian historical term which has had several meanings.

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Portage

Portage or portaging (CA) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. Gnezdovo and portage are Portages.

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Pre-Christian Slavic writing

Pre-Christian Slavic writing is a hypothesized writing system that may have been used by the Slavs prior to Christianization and the introduction of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets.

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Primary Chronicle

The Russian Primary Chronicle, commonly shortened to Primary Chronicle (translit, commonly transcribed Povest' vremennykh let (PVL)), is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110.

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Razor

A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of body hair through the act of shaving.

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Ribe

Ribe is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,295 (2024).

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Roman Jakobson

Roman Osipovich Jakobson (Рома́н О́сипович Якобсо́н,; 18 July 1982) was a Russian-American linguist and literary theorist.

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Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast

Rostov (p) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. Gnezdovo and Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast are Rus' settlements.

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Route from the Varangians to the Greeks

The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks was a medieval trade route that connected Scandinavia, Kievan Rus' and the Eastern Roman Empire. Gnezdovo and route from the Varangians to the Greeks are Portages and Varangians.

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Rune

A rune is a letter in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples.

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Rurikids

The Rurik dynasty, also known as the Rurikid or Riurikid dynasty, as well as simply Rurikids or Riurikids, was a noble lineage allegedly founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself at Novgorod in the year 862. The Rurikids were the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' and its principalities following its disintegration.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Saga

Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.

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Sarskoye Gorodishche

Sarskoye Gorodishche or Sarsky fort (Сарское городище, literally "Citadel on the Sara") was a medieval fortified settlement in present-day Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Gnezdovo and Sarskoye Gorodishche are archaeological sites in Russia, Former populated places in Russia and Rus' settlements.

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Scissors

Scissors are hand-operated shearing tools.

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Simargl

Simargl (also Sěmargl, Semargl) or Sěm and Rgel is an East Slavic god or gods often depicted as a winged dog, mentioned in two sources.

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Smolensk Oblast

Smolensk Oblast (Smolenskaya oblast'), informally also called Smolenshchina (label), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).

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Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast

Smolensky District (Смоле́нский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #135-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

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Staraya Ladoga

Staraya Ladoga (t), known as Ladoga until 1704, is a rural locality (a selo) in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, north of the town of Volkhov, the administrative center of the district. Gnezdovo and Staraya Ladoga are archaeological sites in Russia, Rus' settlements and Varangians.

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Suzdal

Suzdal (Суздаль) is a town that serves as the administrative center of Suzdalsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which is located near the Kamenka River, north of the city of Vladimir.

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Timerevo

Timerevo (Тимерёво, Timeryovo) is an archaeological site near the village of Bolshoe Timeryovo, seven kilometers southwest of Yaroslavl, Russia, which yielded the largest deposits of early medieval Arabic coins in Northern Europe. Gnezdovo and Timerevo are archaeological sites in Russia, Former populated places in Russia, Rus' settlements and Varangians.

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Varangians

The Varangians"," Online Etymology Dictionary were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden.

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Veche

A veche was a popular assembly during the Middle Ages.

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Veliky Novgorod

Veliky Novgorod (lit), also known simply as Novgorod (Новгород), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Gnezdovo and Veliky Novgorod are archaeological sites in Russia and Rus' settlements.

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Viking Age

The Viking Age (about) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America.

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Vladimir the Great

Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnezdovo

Also known as Gnezdovo burial mounds, Gnezdovo inscription.

, Ribe, Roman Jakobson, Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Route from the Varangians to the Greeks, Rune, Rurikids, Russia, Saga, Sarskoye Gorodishche, Scissors, Simargl, Smolensk Oblast, Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Staraya Ladoga, Suzdal, Timerevo, Varangians, Veche, Veliky Novgorod, Viking Age, Vladimir the Great, Vladimir, Russia, Vyshhorod, Yaroslavl.

Gnezdovo, the Glossary

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See also

Buildings and structures in Smolensk Oblast

Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Smolensk Oblast

Geography of Smolensk Oblast

Old East Slavic inscriptions

Portages

Rus' settlements

Varangians

References