title: The Internal and External Migrations in the Moksha Littoral During the 13th–15th Centuries
abstract: Migrations in the history of mankind took place at all times and everywhere for various reasons. The external and internal migrations in the Moksha Littoral to be occured in the 13th–15th centuries, caused by both resettlement from outside the region and the subsequent displacement of the masses of the population within it. The main residents of the Moksha Littoral before the 13th century were the Mordvins. By the beginning of the 13th century Russian population appeared in the west of the regio
journal: Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology)