Pages: 225-231

In this work, an attempt is made to verify the information about the fortification discovered in 1930 by E. M. Krupnov, who connected it with the “Trekhstennyi gorodok” site from documentary sources. A comparison of the fortress remains with the ramparts of Terek (Terki) city of 1588 made it possible to identify the “Trekhstennyi gorodok” site with the place of inflow of the Terek and its distributaries into the Caspian Sea (I. Gildenstedt). Explanations are offered to the reasons of Terek city construction in the center of the former “Tyumen Principality” (“Caucasian Tyumen”), which had been established within the “Djulat area”, devastated by Timur.

Keywords: Northern Caucasus, Lower Terek River, the Terek mouths, Tyumenka River, Terek city of 1588, fortifications, “Caucasian Tyumen”, Golden Horde

Information about author:

Evgeniy I. Narozhny. Doctor of Historical Sciences. «Nasledie Kubani» (“The Kuban Heritage”) Public Corporation. Address: Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 16, Krasnodar, 350063, Russian Federation 
E-mail: [email protected]