Aleksandr Aibabin
Biographic Data
| ID | 846911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksandr Aibabin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksandr |
| FAMILY NAME | Aibabin |
| SIGNATURE | AIBABIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4116-8198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Discussion About the History of the Bosporus of Kimmeria in the Late 9th to 11th Centuries
Introduction. Written sources contain contradictory and scant information about the Cimmerian Bosporus in the late 9th – 11th centuries. Analysis. Researchers of Jewish-Khazar documents published in 1912, 1913, and 1932 believed that Kerch (Bosporus) was the center of the Khazar province of Bosporus from the early 8th to the mid-10th centuries. Byzantinists, however, concluded that the city of Bosporus was returned to the Eastern Roman Empire dur…
Discussion on the Date of the Construction of the Church of Beheading of John the Baptist in Kerch
The discussion on the date of the construction of the Church of Beheading of John the Baptist in Kerch has been being continuing from the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. P. I. Sumarokov was the first to mention the epitaph carved on one of the marble columns supporting the church vault. N. N. Murzakevich, F. K. Brun, and other researchers determined the chronology of the construction of the church according to this epitaph dating…
Early Byzantine Fortification Buildings on the Western Side of the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
The western fortification complex of the town located atop of the plateau of Eski- Kermen consists of the defensive wall, the western entrance to the town, and the fortress granary. In 2024, the author examined the fortifications on the western edge of the plateau heavily overgrown with forest and bushes, and obtained new information about the western section of the urban defences. Behind the protruding cliff X, the clearing of the area of bushes…
Christianization of the Goths and Alanians in the South-Western Crimea in the 4th-6th Centuries
The written accounts and archaeological evidence allow us to speak about the emergence of the Gothic and Alanian Christian communities in the Mountainous Crimea in the second half of the 4th century. It is for these communities that the dipinti εὐλογία amphorae with wine for worship were imported. The Christianization of the limes "barbarians" intensified after Emperor Theodosius I issued edicts in 380 and 381, proclaiming Christianity of the Nic…
Controversy About the Date of Termination of the Rule of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Klimata of Gothia
Introduction. Crimean historians dated the liberation of the Klimata of Gothia from the control of the Eastern Roman Empire to the end of the 12th century, 1204 or 1070. Anna Komnene wrote about Cherson belonging to Byzantium in 1092. A.A. Vasiliev, as well as A.A. Kunik and V. Heid, saw in the text of the Alexei III Angel’s chrysoboullos in 1198 a proof of the “liberation” of Crimean Gothia from political dependence on Byzantium. A.L. Jacobson j…
Early Byzantine Fortification Buildings on the Eastern Side of the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
The eastern fortification complex of Eski-Kermen consists of a defensive wall between towers IV and VI, towers V and VI, the eastern entrance to the city, a fortress granary, and a siege well. The cave rooms of the towers are cut into 30–44-meter-high rocky promontories protruding from the eastern façade of the plateau. According to N. I. Repnikov, the Goths built the castle atop the plateau of Eski-Kermen in the late fifth century. A. A. Vasilie…
Migration of the Alans and the Germanic Peoples to the Plain and Mountainous Crimea at the End of the 1st–3rd Centuries
Рассказы Зосима и Зонары о переправе германцев с европейского берега пролива на азиатский дают основание говорить о нападениях германцев на Боспор не из низовья реки Танаис, а с территории Равнинного Крыма. Очевидно, незадолго до похода в столицу Боспорского царства (не ранее 252 г.) для захвата кораблей германцы уже обосновались в Таврике. Свидетельства письменных источников и археологические данные фиксируют появление аланов в западной части Вн…
Children's Burials from an Early Medieval Necropolis in the Bosporus Lane
The article publishes children's burials, investigated in 2007 and 2009. in Kerch, on the site of the Bosporan necropolis in the Bosphorus Lane. Ordinary townspeople were buried in the necropolis at the end of the 6th-8th centuries. Children, as well as adults, were buried in graves with slab-lined sides and covered with several slabs on top. In some graves, crosses are cut on the slabs. Many of the children's burials contain clothing accessories…
Byzantine Lighting Devices from the Main Basilica of the City on the Eski-Kermen Plateau
Introduction. The light played a big role in Byzantine culture. It was an integral part of the original architectural, artistic and symbolic design of the temple. For additional lighting inside the temple, polycandyla, lampadophoroi and candlesticks were used. Lighting devices are depicted on Byzantine mosaics, frescoes, icons, textiles and in manuscripts. Information about lighting devices is also contained in the typicons. Method. In 1930 and 2…
The Klimata of Cherson in the Theme Period
The theme period in the Klimata of Cherson started in 841. Using the Khazars’ dependence on the Eastern Roman Empire military assistance, Emperor Theophilos returned the towns and forts located on the Inner Range of the Crimean Mountains and established there a new military and administrative unit, the thema (θέμα). The strategos of this theme controlled the fortress of Cherson and neighbouring Klimata, the latter were governed by local archontes…
Crimean Gothia in the First Half of the 13th Century
Introduction. The toponym Gothia in written sources from the 8th century was used to designate the territory of the Mountain Crimea inhabited by the Alans and the Goths between Inkerman and the north-eastern suburb of Alushta. The same region was called the Klimata of Cherson and the Klimata of Gothia. Methods. Fragmentary information about Gothia is contained in the “Synopsis of St. Eugenios” compiled by John Lazaropoulos until 1364 and in the “…
For a Discussion About Epigraphic Evidence of the Activities of Byzantium in the Mountainous Crimea in the 6th Century
Introduction. In the basilicas discovered on the Mangup plateau (fig. 3), in the Karalez valley (fig. 1) that begins at its foot and on Eski-Kermen (fig. 2, 1), inscriptions were found, the interpretation and dating of which caused many years of discussion. Some scientists considered them as evidence of the activities of the Eastern Roman Empire in the region in the 6th century, while other specialists doubted both such an interpretation of the i…
How the Goths and Alans of the Mountainous Crimea Assimilated Greek Language
The Goths and Alans settled in the Mountainous Crimea about the mid-third century. The Eastern Roman Empire pursued the policy of integrating barbarians on the frontier in order to strengthen its northern borders. In the mountainous Crimea, the Goths and Alans assimilated Greek language in result of political and ideological interaction and trading with Cherson and other cities and towns of the Eastern Roman Empire. The earliest in this area Gree…
Burials with Parting Food of the Great Migration Period from the Burial Ground near the Village Luchistoe (South-Western Crimea)
The article publishes two new complexes of the late 4th - first half of the 5th century from the burial ground near the village Luchistoe. A warrior with a spear is buried in vault 152, and a warrior with a dagger with cutouts on the blade at the heel of the blade is buried in grave 269. In both burials, two buckles of variant 3 were found. Judging by the location on the bones, a large buckle fastened a waist belt to which an iron knife was hung …
Toponym Klimata in the Medieval Crimea
Introduction. In Byzantine historical and hagiographic texts of the 9th–10th centuries reporting on events that took place in Crimea, the Klimata were repeatedly mentioned (τ κλίματα is a plural number of τὸ κλίμα – klimata). Κλίμα in Greek means a district in a city or part of a province. Methods. For justifying the boundaries of the Klimata, it is necessary to analyze all references to the toponym in written sources and materials of archaeologi…
Quarter Churches of the Mediaeval Town atop Eski-Kermen Plateau
In the late sixth century AD, the Byzantines established a fort atop the plateau of Eski-Kermen. From the tenth to twelfth century, this structure developed into a small mediaeval town. Almost all the territory of the southern half of the plateau was occupied by a few rectangular quarters each comprising several houses. The excavations of the quarters in question unearthed four small aisleless churches of two types: I – with a rectangular hall an…
The Huns in the Plains of Crimea
The article reviews some evidence of written sources about the Huns in the Crimea and the Huns’ burials found in the plains of the Crimea. Many researchers of the Crimean history dated the invasion of the Huns in the Northern Black Sea region to the time of the reign of Emperor Valens (364–378) taking into account the information of only some narrative sources. However, there is no information about the Huns’ crossing through the Cimmerian Bospor…
A Town of Thema Chersonos on the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
In 841, the emperor Theophilus created in Crimea the thema of the five Klimata. After some time, it was called the thema of Klimata of Cherson. In the early 850s the thema changed its name from Klimata to Cherson. According to С. Zuckerman, in Сherson the theme period ended around 1070. According to V. P. Stepanenko, the thema of Cherson continued to exist until the end of the 11th century. Probably, the five Klimata were Kherson and the klimas o…
The Early Byzantine Cemetery of Bosporos
Ранневизантийский некрополь Боспора - Institutional repository of Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin
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The Early Byzantine Cemetery of Bosporos
Ранневизантийский некрополь Боспора - Institutional repository of Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin
The Huns in the Plains of Crimea
The article reviews some evidence of written sources about the Huns in the Crimea and the Huns’ burials found in the plains of the Crimea. Many researchers of the Crimean history dated the invasion of the Huns in the Northern Black Sea region to the time of the reign of Emperor Valens (364–378) taking into account the information of only some narrative sources. However, there is no information about the Huns’ crossing through the Cimmerian Bospor…
A Town of Thema Chersonos on the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
In 841, the emperor Theophilus created in Crimea the thema of the five Klimata. After some time, it was called the thema of Klimata of Cherson. In the early 850s the thema changed its name from Klimata to Cherson. According to С. Zuckerman, in Сherson the theme period ended around 1070. According to V. P. Stepanenko, the thema of Cherson continued to exist until the end of the 11th century. Probably, the five Klimata were Kherson and the klimas o…
Toponym Klimata in the Medieval Crimea
Introduction. In Byzantine historical and hagiographic texts of the 9th–10th centuries reporting on events that took place in Crimea, the Klimata were repeatedly mentioned (τ κλίματα is a plural number of τὸ κλίμα – klimata). Κλίμα in Greek means a district in a city or part of a province. Methods. For justifying the boundaries of the Klimata, it is necessary to analyze all references to the toponym in written sources and materials of archaeologi…
Quarter Churches of the Mediaeval Town atop Eski-Kermen Plateau
In the late sixth century AD, the Byzantines established a fort atop the plateau of Eski-Kermen. From the tenth to twelfth century, this structure developed into a small mediaeval town. Almost all the territory of the southern half of the plateau was occupied by a few rectangular quarters each comprising several houses. The excavations of the quarters in question unearthed four small aisleless churches of two types: I – with a rectangular hall an…
Crimean Gothia in the First Half of the 13th Century
Introduction. The toponym Gothia in written sources from the 8th century was used to designate the territory of the Mountain Crimea inhabited by the Alans and the Goths between Inkerman and the north-eastern suburb of Alushta. The same region was called the Klimata of Cherson and the Klimata of Gothia. Methods. Fragmentary information about Gothia is contained in the “Synopsis of St. Eugenios” compiled by John Lazaropoulos until 1364 and in the “…
For a Discussion About Epigraphic Evidence of the Activities of Byzantium in the Mountainous Crimea in the 6th Century
Introduction. In the basilicas discovered on the Mangup plateau (fig. 3), in the Karalez valley (fig. 1) that begins at its foot and on Eski-Kermen (fig. 2, 1), inscriptions were found, the interpretation and dating of which caused many years of discussion. Some scientists considered them as evidence of the activities of the Eastern Roman Empire in the region in the 6th century, while other specialists doubted both such an interpretation of the i…
How the Goths and Alans of the Mountainous Crimea Assimilated Greek Language
The Goths and Alans settled in the Mountainous Crimea about the mid-third century. The Eastern Roman Empire pursued the policy of integrating barbarians on the frontier in order to strengthen its northern borders. In the mountainous Crimea, the Goths and Alans assimilated Greek language in result of political and ideological interaction and trading with Cherson and other cities and towns of the Eastern Roman Empire. The earliest in this area Gree…
Burials with Parting Food of the Great Migration Period from the Burial Ground near the Village Luchistoe (South-Western Crimea)
The article publishes two new complexes of the late 4th - first half of the 5th century from the burial ground near the village Luchistoe. A warrior with a spear is buried in vault 152, and a warrior with a dagger with cutouts on the blade at the heel of the blade is buried in grave 269. In both burials, two buckles of variant 3 were found. Judging by the location on the bones, a large buckle fastened a waist belt to which an iron knife was hung …
Byzantine Lighting Devices from the Main Basilica of the City on the Eski-Kermen Plateau
Introduction. The light played a big role in Byzantine culture. It was an integral part of the original architectural, artistic and symbolic design of the temple. For additional lighting inside the temple, polycandyla, lampadophoroi and candlesticks were used. Lighting devices are depicted on Byzantine mosaics, frescoes, icons, textiles and in manuscripts. Information about lighting devices is also contained in the typicons. Method. In 1930 and 2…
The Klimata of Cherson in the Theme Period
The theme period in the Klimata of Cherson started in 841. Using the Khazars’ dependence on the Eastern Roman Empire military assistance, Emperor Theophilos returned the towns and forts located on the Inner Range of the Crimean Mountains and established there a new military and administrative unit, the thema (θέμα). The strategos of this theme controlled the fortress of Cherson and neighbouring Klimata, the latter were governed by local archontes…
Controversy About the Date of Termination of the Rule of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Klimata of Gothia
Introduction. Crimean historians dated the liberation of the Klimata of Gothia from the control of the Eastern Roman Empire to the end of the 12th century, 1204 or 1070. Anna Komnene wrote about Cherson belonging to Byzantium in 1092. A.A. Vasiliev, as well as A.A. Kunik and V. Heid, saw in the text of the Alexei III Angel’s chrysoboullos in 1198 a proof of the “liberation” of Crimean Gothia from political dependence on Byzantium. A.L. Jacobson j…
Early Byzantine Fortification Buildings on the Eastern Side of the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
The eastern fortification complex of Eski-Kermen consists of a defensive wall between towers IV and VI, towers V and VI, the eastern entrance to the city, a fortress granary, and a siege well. The cave rooms of the towers are cut into 30–44-meter-high rocky promontories protruding from the eastern façade of the plateau. According to N. I. Repnikov, the Goths built the castle atop the plateau of Eski-Kermen in the late fifth century. A. A. Vasilie…
Migration of the Alans and the Germanic Peoples to the Plain and Mountainous Crimea at the End of the 1st–3rd Centuries
Рассказы Зосима и Зонары о переправе германцев с европейского берега пролива на азиатский дают основание говорить о нападениях германцев на Боспор не из низовья реки Танаис, а с территории Равнинного Крыма. Очевидно, незадолго до похода в столицу Боспорского царства (не ранее 252 г.) для захвата кораблей германцы уже обосновались в Таврике. Свидетельства письменных источников и археологические данные фиксируют появление аланов в западной части Вн…
Children's Burials from an Early Medieval Necropolis in the Bosporus Lane
The article publishes children's burials, investigated in 2007 and 2009. in Kerch, on the site of the Bosporan necropolis in the Bosphorus Lane. Ordinary townspeople were buried in the necropolis at the end of the 6th-8th centuries. Children, as well as adults, were buried in graves with slab-lined sides and covered with several slabs on top. In some graves, crosses are cut on the slabs. Many of the children's burials contain clothing accessories…
Early Byzantine Fortification Buildings on the Western Side of the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
The western fortification complex of the town located atop of the plateau of Eski- Kermen consists of the defensive wall, the western entrance to the town, and the fortress granary. In 2024, the author examined the fortifications on the western edge of the plateau heavily overgrown with forest and bushes, and obtained new information about the western section of the urban defences. Behind the protruding cliff X, the clearing of the area of bushes…
Christianization of the Goths and Alanians in the South-Western Crimea in the 4th-6th Centuries
The written accounts and archaeological evidence allow us to speak about the emergence of the Gothic and Alanian Christian communities in the Mountainous Crimea in the second half of the 4th century. It is for these communities that the dipinti εὐλογία amphorae with wine for worship were imported. The Christianization of the limes "barbarians" intensified after Emperor Theodosius I issued edicts in 380 and 381, proclaiming Christianity of the Nic…
Discussion About the History of the Bosporus of Kimmeria in the Late 9th to 11th Centuries
Introduction. Written sources contain contradictory and scant information about the Cimmerian Bosporus in the late 9th – 11th centuries. Analysis. Researchers of Jewish-Khazar documents published in 1912, 1913, and 1932 believed that Kerch (Bosporus) was the center of the Khazar province of Bosporus from the early 8th to the mid-10th centuries. Byzantinists, however, concluded that the city of Bosporus was returned to the Eastern Roman Empire dur…
Discussion on the Date of the Construction of the Church of Beheading of John the Baptist in Kerch
The discussion on the date of the construction of the Church of Beheading of John the Baptist in Kerch has been being continuing from the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. P. I. Sumarokov was the first to mention the epitaph carved on one of the marble columns supporting the church vault. N. N. Murzakevich, F. K. Brun, and other researchers determined the chronology of the construction of the church according to this epitaph dating…
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