Controversial Issues of Geography of the Putyvl Volosts in the 15th–17th Centuries
Journal: Historical Geography Journal
Year: 2024

The article accumulates information about 16 volosts of the Putyvl district (powiat/uezd) and analyzes research ideas about their location, borders and territorial composition. In particular, it is shown that the Zhuravnе archaeological complex on the Vorskla River cannot be associated with the center of Lositskaya volost: it corresponds to Nemer’, the center of the neighboring Nemirskaya volost. The identification of the center of Gorodetskaya volost with the Vorozhba on the Psyol River is not