Zolotaryovskoe Gorodishche () is an
archeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
in
Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Penza. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was ...
, Russia about 1.5km no the West of the settlement of
Zolotaryovka. It is conjectured that it was a border fort of
Volga Bulgaria
Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria (sometimes referred to as the Volga Bulgar Emirate) was a historical Bulgar state that existed between the 9th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now Europea ...
. A large number of the remnants of warriors was found in the vicinity, suggesting it was a location of major battle at around 1237 with Mongol invaders. It is a registered .
Journalist N. Kryukov that the place was called ''Sernya'' by local
Moksha people
The Mokshas (also ''Mokshans'', ''Moksha people''; ) comprise a Mordvinian ethnic group belonging to the Volgaic branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples. They live in Russia, mostly near the Volga and Moksha rivers, a tributary of the Oka River.
...
.
[Н.Крюко�]
СЕРНЯ - город ювелиров
"Наша Пенза", № 30 (1004), 2008 г.
Notes
References
Geography of Penza Oblast
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Penza Oblast
Volga Bulgaria
Archaeological sites in Russia
Forts in Russia
13th century in Russia
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