Detinets

Detinets (literally "Young Man's Compound," from the same root as the Russian word deti = children) is a term for an ancient city-fort of the Kievan Rus or fortress in Chernihiv,[1] Novgorod the Great (see Novgorod Kremlin),[2] and others.

References

  1. (Ukrainian) Science-Research Institute for Monument Preservation
  2. A. I. (Aleksandr Ignat'evich) Semenov, Novgoroskii Kreml (Novgorod: gazeta “Novgorodskaia Pravda,” 1964).

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