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Kuzemin Fortress in the X-XVIII centuries
Authors: Evgenij M. Osadchij
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The paper presents the studies carried out on the territory of the modern village of Kuzemin. This settlement originated as a small fortified settlement of the Sever tribe, and then the center of the rural community of Ancient Rus. After its destruction by the Mongols in the XIII century, life there is resumed in the middle of the XVII century. Kuzemin become a base of the military “sotnya” of regiments from Poltava, and then of Zinkovskaya and Hadiach regiments. During the events of the Great Northern War 1708-1709's, it was occupied by Swedish troops and destroyed during their departure. In the XVIII century Kuzemin becomes a remote and insignificant settlement of the Chernigov region. It is, however, known as a centre of pottery and woodworking crafts.