Old Slavic Toponymy of Novgorod (Review of: Vasilyev, V. L. (2012). Slavianskie toponimicheskie drevnosti Novgorodskoi zemli [Novgorod Slavic Toponymic Antiquities]. Moscow: Rukopisnye pamiatniki Drevnei Rusi.)
Journal: Electronic Archive of Ural Federal University (ELAR UrFU)
Year: 2013

The article reviews the book “Novgorod Slavic Toponymic Antiquities” by V. L. Vasilyev which studies the problems of structural typology, etymology and ethno-historical interpretation of Old Novgorod geographic names. The reviewer considers the book as being conceptual, profound, methodologically sophisticated, analyzing rich onomastic data and offering valuable and well-grounded etymologies. One of the most important results of the reviewed work is the reconstruction and systematization of mult