ARTILLERY OF SMALL REDOUBTS (STANZAS) IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE IRTYSH DEFENSIVE LINE (THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH — EARLY 19TH CENTURIES)
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the artillery of small redoubts (stanzas) The Irtysh defensive line in the south of Western Siberia. The archaeological survey of the Irtysh defensive line of the Russian Empire (the 18th–19th centuries) was carried out in its northern section (the Cherlaksky district of the Omsk Region from the village of Solyanoe to the village of Tatarka). This territory is not only currently part of the Russian Federation but is also one of the first border defensive facilities erected in the first quarter of the 18th century. The purpose of the research was to study data on the artillery equipment of redoubts (stanzas) The Irtysh line, as the interstitial defensive points between the outposts. The research methods were — work with archival sources (cartography of the 18th century), archaeological exploration, collections, topographic survey, the use of quadrocopters to build 3D-models of fortifications of the redoubt (stanza) Salt Turn, photogrammetry. The result of the work was the identification of the only one preserved in the surveyed area — the Solyanoi Turn redoubt (in the vicinity of the village of Solyanoye) and several cannonballs in the vicinity of the Solyanoi Turn redoubt, the Cherlak outpost and the village of Krutoyarka. The location of one cannon on the redoubt (stanza) of the Salt Turn, noted in written sources (travel description by P.S. Pallas in 1777) is confirmed by the discovery of two single-caliber cores in the vicinity of this border point. In general, the equipment of artillery at the Solyanaya Turn redoubt (stanza) is typical for such defensive and postal posts on the Irtysh line in the second half of the 18th — early 19th centuries.
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