Bocharov S. G., Nedelkin E. V. The villages of the Consulate of Cembalo in the 14
th
–15
th
centuries. Materials
to the
archaeological map
This article is dedicated to the study of the historical landscape of one of the rural areas under Domain of
the Republic of Genova in the Southern part of the Crimean peninsula. In modern historiography reflected three
main points of view on the size of the territory of the rural district of the Genoese city of Cembalo. In this article,
we would like to give a scientific discussion about the boundaries of the Consulate of Cembalo and transfer it
to the field of gathering and accumulating facts about the objects of this district. Considered archaeological
sources used in historical and geographical studies of the borders of one of the Genoese possessions on the
Crimean peninsula – the Consulate of Cembalo in 14
th
–15
th
centuries. Published list of 18 medieval villages
located in the modern administrative zone of the city of Sevastopol, which demonstrates how information about
them was presented in written sources and the degree of archaeological study of thise monuments. In general,
today we are at the initial stage of their research, archaeological excavations were not carried on most part of
this villages.
Keywords: Golden Horde, Byzantinum, Genoese Gazaria, Consulate of Cembalo, rural district, historical
geography, borders, villages, archaeological monuments.