Copies of the two oldest of the above-mentioned plans of the city of Kyiv, namely the plans of 1706 and 1728, taken by Archpriest Lebedintsev while he was on duty in St. Petersburg, were presented at the same meeting with an explanation of their features relating to the history of Kyiv. It was interesting to see on these plans that in 1706, Khreshchatyk and Lipki still consisted of monastery arable land; from Old Kyiv to Podol there was still a road along Borichev Vzvoz; at the Church of the Nativity it was small, up to 75 soots. length, lining the Dnipro, between the mainland of Podol and the cape of the current embankment highway; Podil was separated from Obolon by a stream, from 10 to 16 soots. latitude, which from Kozhemyak, from the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, was directed through the square of the present Zhitny Bazaar near Shchekovitsa and then near the Yurkovitsky bridge along Obolon, from the northern side of Podol, beyond the large retranchement until the ditch flows into the Dnipro, now dividing Podol into the Podolsk and Plosskaya parts. For the city of Kyiv and the 10th district of communication routes, the Alan of Kyiv of 1745 with measurements of the Dnipro fairway near Podol may be of primary interest. From the same plan in. '.but that from the Ilyinskaya Church to the confluence of the Pochaina with the Dnipro, there were up to 31 mills attached to ferries near the right bank, and that the Dnipro current here had from 80 to 90 fathoms. per minute. To protect Podil from the pressure of the Dnipro current, after 1745, a continent was dug, separating the Dnipro from the river. For a long time, the rafts still have difficulty getting through to Obolonya, where the wheels of the mills were working quickly.
Comparison of two plans of 1706 and 1745 indicates the rapid change of the city and its connecting routes in a short period of time. The plan of 1745 shows ramparts and gates, traces of which no longer exist.
In conclusion, member V.B. Antonovich read his note about the location of ancient Zvenigorod. Based on the chronicle and his own topographical observations, the reviewer believes that ancient Zvenigorod was located 15 versts from Kyiv, not far from the Perepetov Kurgan, where the remains of the ancient settlement are now visible. G. Antonovich was objected to by Priest. P. G. Lebedintsev, who does not allow that the ancient path from Kyiv to Vasilev, going through Zvenigorod, could go in the direction of the place indicated by the referent, since it is dug by ravines
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and the inconvenient terrain could not have been chosen for the path to Vasilev, where it was more direct, easier and more convenient to go, without turning to the designated settlement.
At the same meeting they listened to the report of the debs. member of Fr. P. G. Lebedintsev greeting to the Society of Nestor the chronicler from a member of the archaeographic commission in St. Petersburg, Pavel Ivanovich Savvaitov, when he sent a book he had newly published as a gift to the Society: “The Journey of the Novgorod Archbishop Anthony to Constantinople, at the end of the 10th century. Determined: to thank the venerable scientist on behalf of the society for the greeting and a copy of his works. We listened to the proposal of the teacher of the 1st Kyiv gymnasium P. S. Ivaitsenko: would the Society be willing to accept a book from him as a gift: Ziaiiii \i goki 1588. In accordance with the review of V.B. Antonovich, it was decided: to accept the book with gratitude and notify Mr. Ivashchenko about this.
At the meeting of the Society on April 29, Act. member F. Ya. Fortinsky made a report on the campaigns of Boleslav of Poland in Kyiv according to the chronicle of Thietmar. The reviewer read and critically analyzed several excerpts from Thietmar, which discuss Boleslav’s attitude towards Rus'. The result of the critical analysis was the conclusion that Thietmar, although a modern writer who loved accuracy, was nevertheless guided by exaggerated and incorrect rumors in his story about Boleslav’s relations with Rus', and therefore reported confusing and unfair news. These are the papr. his news about the time of Svyatopolk’s marriage, about the character of Vladimir and his relationship with the Greeks, about the wealth and vastness of Kyiv, etc.
D. member I.P. Khrushchov read a message about the monuments that glorified the Battle of Kulikovo (see in the articles section).