About the features of rural settlements that influenced the variability of names and the tools for their identification (on the example of the rural of the Ruza district in the middle of the XVI—first quarter of the XVII centuries)

DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2023-2-29-339-357

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About the Author

Anton P. Krassowski

State University of Land Use Planning, Faculty of Land Use Planning,
15, Kazakova str., Moscow, Russia, 105064,
E-mail: anton.krass@gmail.com

Abstract

This article presents the results of the analysis of the opportunities that open up when using the Big Data tool to identify the names of settlements and landholdings that tended to change over time in the documents of the statistical accounting of the Russian state of the second half of the XVI—first quarter of the XVII centuries. The procedure for analysing the features of information about objects available in the documents of the specified epoch is described using which it becomes possible to judge the predisposition of their names to variability. The research was performed on the basis of information about 22 objects located on the territory that was formed by the beginning of the XX century in the Ruza district of the Moscow province. Statistical analysis tools were used to identify the dependencies that took place. The result of the research presented in this article is the proof of the possibility and effectiveness of using the Big Data tool to establish the correspondence of information about the same real estate objects mentioned in the materials of different eras under different names. The research shows that the names of objects formed considering the characteristics of their owners were subject to the greatest variability in the middle of the XVI—first quarter of the XVII centuries. The actual information about the objects obtained during the research can be used to compile cartographic materials reflecting the history of the formation and development of the economy of the territory of the Ruza district as well as when performing work by specialists conducting research in the fields of history, sociology, geography, surveying and other related fields of knowledge.

Keywords

statistical accounting documents, the Russian state of the XVI–XVII centuries, Big Data, names of settlements, historical sources

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For citation: Krassowski A.P. About the features of rural settlements that influenced the variability of names and the tools for their identification (on the example of the rural of the Ruza district in the middle of the XVI—first quarter of the XVII centuries). InterCarto. InterGIS. GI support of sustainable development of territories: Proceedings of the International conference. Moscow: MSU, Faculty of Geography, 2023. V. 29. Part 2. P. 339–357. DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2023-2-29-339-357 (in Russian)