Vshchizh
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Russia
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n town on the Desna River
Desna River
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(today's Bryansk Oblast
Bryansk Oblast
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) between the 11th and 13th centuries. Vshchizh was first mentioned in a chronicle
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of 1142. In the mid-12th century, it was an appanage
Appanage
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town of Prince
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Svyatoslav Vladimirovich. In 1238, Vshchizh was destroyed by the Mongols
Mongols
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.
As a result of the excavations in the 1840s and then in 1940 and 1948–1949 (by a Soviet archaeologist Boris Rybakov
Boris Rybakov
Boris Alexandrovich Rybakov was a Soviet and Russian historian who personified the anti-Normanist vision of Russian history....
), they found the remnants of different buildings and fortification
Fortification
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s and a number of artifact
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s. This quiet spot has been Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Tyutchev
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's inspiration for many of his poems.