DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE BOSPORUS OF KIMMERIA IN THE LATE 9th TO 11th CENTURIES
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2025

Introduction. Written sources contain contradictory and scant information about the Cimmerian Bosporus in the late 9th – 11th centuries. Analysis. Researchers of Jewish-Khazar documents published in 1912, 1913, and 1932 believed that Kerch (Bosporus) was the center of the Khazar province of Bosporus from the early 8th to the mid-10th centuries. Byzantinists, however, concluded that the city of Bosporus was returned to the Eastern Roman Empire during this period. Letter No. 97 of Patriarch Photiu