Beloozero

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Beloozero is a historic town in northwestern Russia, known as one of the oldest Russian settlements and an early center of medieval Rus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
medieval settlement
associatedWith Novgorod Republic sphere of influence
Varangian trade routes
country Russia
earliestInhabitants East Slavs
Finno-Ugric peoples
hasFeature fortified medieval settlement (kremlin)
hasNameMeaning White Lake
historicalImportance early Slavic settlement in the north
important trading center in medieval Rus
isOneOf oldest Russian settlements
locatedIn Vologda Oblast
northwestern Russia
locatedNear Sheksna River basin
locatedOn Lake Beloye
mentionedIn medieval Russian chronicles
modernName Belozersk
nameLanguage Old East Slavic
partOf Belozersk principality
historical region of Belozersk
medieval Rus
politicalStatus center of a small medieval principality
regionType Northern Rus
linked to: Northwestern Rus'
religionHistorical Eastern Orthodox Christianity
role early center of medieval Rus

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