Detinets

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A detinets ( ) or detinetz ( ) is a type of historic Russian citadel, similar to a kremlin.

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Etymology The origin of the term is uncertain. Some believe it is derived from the Russian word deti, meaning "children", suggesting it was used to hide children and other less able people during a siege.

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(2009). 9781443810784, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. . ISBN 9781443810784

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History The term detinets (like the Novgorod Detinets) is considered to be older and was kept in the Veliky Novgorod region, while the term krom (like the Pskov Krom) was more often used in the Pskov region. In other Russian regions, such as in the Moscow and Tver regions, fortresses in the center of cities began to use the term kremlin, which superseded the term detinets in the 14th and 15th centuries.

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Sources

• (2013). 9781317973256, Routledge. . ISBN 9781317973256
• (1988). 9780226116648, University of Chicago Press. . ISBN 9780226116648
• (2022). 9781472845474, Bloomsbury Publishing. . ISBN 9781472845474
• (2025). 9781849080606, Bloomsbury Publishing. . ISBN 9781849080606
• (2025). 9781849080385, Bloomsbury Publishing. . ISBN 9781849080385

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