Vshchizh

Vshchizh

Vshchizh ( _ru. Вщиж) was an old Russian town on the Desna River (today's Bryansk Oblast) between the 11th and 13th centuries. Vshchizh was first mentioned in a chronicle of 1142. In the mid-12th century, it was an appanage town of Prince Svyatoslav Vladimirovich. In 1238, Vshchizh was destroyed by the Mongols.

As a result of the excavations in the 1840s and then in 1940 and 1948–1949 (by a Soviet archaeologist Boris Rybakov), they found the remnants of different buildings and fortifications and a number of artifacts. This quiet spot has been Fyodor Tyutchev's inspiration for many of his poems.

External links

* [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~norim/pix/vshchizh/ Full size video.]
*ru icon [http://www.fennecfox.archeologia.ru/lodya.htm] — Vshchizh archeology.
*ru icon [http://feb-web.ru/feb/tyutchev/critics/tsb/tsb-1114.htm] — Poem about Vshchizh, Fyodor Tyutchev.
*ru icon [http://www.ovstug.debryansk.ru/Vchig/vchig_1.htm] — More Information.
* [http://www.dcuengine.eu/main.php?g2_itemId=259 Some more pix and movies from Vshchizh.]


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