Formation of the Macrostructure of the Fortress-Cities of the Tauride Peninsula in the Period of the II Century BC. – Middle of the XV Centuries

The periods of formation of the network of cities, fortresses, ports and trading posts of the Tauride (Crimean) peninsula are given. The period of evolution of the Crimean space is considered since the time of the ancient Pontic State of Tsar Mithridates Eupator VI. The periods of the positioning of Taurica as a province of the Roman, and later the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires are highlighted. The emphasis is placed on the positioning of Russian influence in Taurica, associated with Prince Oleg’s campaign to Constantinople. Analyzing the formation of the Crimean city network, the author comes to the conclusion that the cities of the Ottoman domain, where the Christian population lived, remained outside the jurisdiction of the Turkish Sultan and the Crimean khans. At the same time, there was no single owner of the peninsula until the middle of the XVI century, when the Turks began to actively build their fortresses on this territory, fearing the growing power of the Moscow State.

P.V. PANUKHIN, Candidate of Architecture (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy) – MARKHI (11, Rozhdestvenka Street, 107031, Moscow, Russian Federation)

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