Nizhny Arkhyz and Early Orthodoxy. Alanian diocese in the X-XII centuries

Doctor of Historical Sciences V. A. Kuznetsov is known as one of the main researchers of the so -called Alan problem, which has an actual common Caucasian significance and also developed in foreign historiography. This monograph examines vast, various archaeological materials obtained by him during more than 20-year excavations of the largest Lower Arming settlement of the X-XII centuries. On the territory of the Western (Verkhnekubanskaya) Alania in the mountain valley of the river. Big Zelenchuk. The results of previous studies of the XIX-XX centuries were used, the structure of the settlement, its development, residential and economic buildings, religious buildings (Christian temples and chapels), Christian and pagan burial grounds, etc. were used. And on this basis, the conclusion is concluded that the Nizhne-Arkhiz settlement was typical of the Early Middle Ages with the city with already distinguished urban functions and signs (territory, craft, socio-differentiated population-polyetonic and polycond and polyconfessional, sustainable connection with the Byzantine Empire, the presence of a cathedral cathedral and Alanic diocese from the 10th century, etc) There is no doubt that the city in Lower Arkhyze with its concentration of unique monuments and artifacts was the largest center of Orthodoxy in the North Caucasus. The decisive role in this was played by a favorable location on the highway of the Great Silk Road and military-producing relations with Byzantium up to the Tatar-Mongol invasion of the 13th century.
The book is richly illustrated, many materials are published for the first time