Шахнович М. М. Троицкий Муезерский монастырь в Западном Беломорье: археологический аспект // Учёные записки Петрозаводского государственного университета. - 2020. - Т. 42, № 4.

Троицкий Муезерский монастырь в Западном Беломорье: археологический аспект 17 Mark M. Shakhnovich, PhD in History, National Museum of the Republic of Karelia (Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation) marksuk62@mail.ru MUEZERSKY TRINITY MONASTERY IN THE WESTERN WHITE SEA REGION: THE ARCHAEOLOGICALASPECT This article is the first work on the archeology of the Muezersky Trinity Monastery in the western White Sea region. The monastery was founded by monk Cassian from the Solovetsky Monastery in the second half of the XVI century on an island in Lake Mui. This is the only place in the White Sea Karelia that preserved a fine jewel of church architecture of the XVII century - the Church of Saint Nicholas. In 2019, the first archaeological works were carried out on the territory of the monastery. The main task was to identify elements of the ancient cultural and economic landscape of the monastery. The archaeological studies were expected to clarify the boundaries of the monument, locate the main monastery’s buildings and facilities, evaluate their condition, and outline a strategy for future work. Most of the monastery’s objects described in historical documents were identified, including the burned-down Holy Trinity Church of the XVI century, a stone wall, an ice storage, the remnants of monastery cells, a stone cross and a cemetery. The obtained new information expands our knowledge of the late medieval monasteries in Karelia. Keywords: Muezersky Trinity Monastery, Lake Mui, western White Sea region, monk Cassian, monastery fence, ice storage, stone cross, archeological studies ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author expresses his sincere gratitude to Irina Mikhaylova, Leonid Tret’yakov and Aleksey Degtyarev for their help. C i t e t h i s a r t i c l e a s : Shakhnovitch M. M. Muezersky Trinity Monastery in the western White Sea region: the archaeological aspect. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2020. Vol. 42. No 4. P. 8–18. DOI: 10.15393/uchz. art.2020.477 REFERENCES 1. A n t r o p o v a I . A . Carved cross of the XVII century from the Muezersky Monastery: the problem of recon- struction and the history of creation of the monument. Saints and Shrines of Obonezhye: Proceedings of the All-Russian Research Conference. Petrozavodsk, 2013. P. 153–161. (In Russ.) 2. B o g o m o l o v V. V. , Vo l o d i n E . O . , Z a i d o v O . N . , T s y b i n M . V. , S h e b a n i n G . A . , S h e k o v A . V. Preliminary results of the archaeological research of the village of Bolshoye Savrasovo 2. Archeology of the Moscow Region . 2015. Issue 11. P. 339–411. (In Russ.) 3. B r o n n i k o v a E . P. Rare photographs of the Solovetsky Monastery. Spiritual, historical and cultural heri- tage of the Solovetsky Monastery. Solovki, 2011. P. 230–234. (In Russ.) 4. K o v a l V. Yu . Location of Voynitskiy Myt settlement. Archeology of the Moscow Region . 2014. Issue 10. P. 111–128. (In Russ.) 5. K o z h e v n i k o v a Yu . N . Cassian of the Muezersky Monastery. New Olonets Patericon . St. Petersburg, 2013. P. 464–467. (In Russ.) 6. K o z h e v n i k o v a Yu . N . Monasteries and monasticism in the Olonets Eparchy between the second half of the XVIII and the beginning of the XX centuries. Petrozavodsk, 2009. 302 p. (In Russ.) 7. K o z h e v n i k o v a Yu . N . Muezersky Trinity Monastery in the western White Sea region (between the XVI and the beginning of XXI centuries). Pomor Readings-II: Proceedings of the Research and Practice Conference . Arkhangelsk, 2019. P. 166–184. (In Russ.) 8. K o r e l s k y G . Ascribed Muezersky Church in the Maslozersky Parish. Arkhangelsk Eparchy News . 1912. No 13–14. P. 385–390. (In Russ.) 9. M i l c h i k M . I . Misadventures of Kargopol carpenters at the household of a Moscow clerk in 1690. County cities of Russia: historical and cultural processes and modern trends . Kargopol, 2009. P. 43–54. (In Russ.) 10. M o l c h a n o v A . A . Wooden Church of Saint Nicholas in the Muezersky Monastery. Architectural Heritage . 1969. No 18. P. 112–117. (In Russ.) 11. N o s k o v a A . G . The Holy Trinity Monastery on Lake Muezero in archival sources. Pomor Readings-II: Proceedings of the Research and Practice Conference. Arkhangelsk, 2019. P. 185–201. (In Russ.) 12. O p o l o v n i k o v A . V. Russian wooden architecture. Moscow, 1986. 310 p. (In Russ.) 13. S e k r e t a r ’ L . A . The typology of log fences of monasteries and graveyards in the XVIII century. Problems of research, restoration and use of the architectural heritage of Karelia and adjacent areas . Petrozavodsk, 1986. P. 59–73. (In Russ.) 14. T a r a s o v A . V. , L i n n i k o v D . D . The history of the Holy Trinity Monastery on Lake Muezero and its Church of Saint Nicholas. The VIII Theodoret Readings “History of Enlightenment of the European North”. St. Petersburg, 2016. P. 99–109. (In Russ.)