title: Defensive System of the Crimea-Taman Region in the Late-eighteenth Century: New Documents
abstract: The analysis of new archival data is the background to address the features of the late-eighteenth-century defensive structures located on the Taman and Crimean Peninsulas. The new sources introduced into the scholarship supply a more complete picture of the fortification sites located on the Crimean and Taman Peninsulas. This article focuses on the features of the defensive structures of the fortification ensembles in question. Especially interesting is the Vice Admiral Mordvinov’s report calli
journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria