Ostrog
As Ostrog ( Russian острог , plural Ostrogi Russian остроги ) refers to fortified, high of four to six meters palisade walls surrounded settlement points in Russia were built until the 17th century. Etymologically, the word is connected to the verb strogat (строгать), which means something like "to carve".
Ostroge played an important role in the Russian expansion into Siberia , where they offered protection to the conquerors from the attacks of the native population. Many Siberian cities emerged from estrogen - including Tomsk , Jakutsk , Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk .
In the 18th and 19th centuries, prisons in Russia that were surrounded by walls were also called ostrogs.
See also
literature
- Wassili Yegorowitsch Rudakov: Ostrog . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 22 [43]: Опека – Оутсайдер. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1897, p. 362 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF ).
Web links
- Article Ostrog in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)