Ryazan Possessions in the Upper Reaches of the Don River «to the Top of the Don Dubok» and the Don Way of the 14th – 15th Centuries
Journal: Historical Geography Journal
Year: 2023

The article is devoted to the insufficiently studied issue of the significance and place of the river route along the Don River in the political and economic history of Rus’ in the 14th — 16th centuries. After the 1237–1240 Mongol invasion the traditional river route that connected the lands of Rus’ with the Black Sea region and Byzantium along the Dnieper River fell into decay and was replaced by the Don route. At the mouth of the Don, the Venetian Tana, one of the largest centers of internatio