Aleksej Zaitsev (1975-1976)
Nicholas Zharkikh
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I am writing this on March 4, 2022, against the background of reports about by Muscovites, that is, on the first day of the world nuclear war.
There’s no way, I have to do my work – I won’t have any other time for creativity.
The next researcher who paid much attention to the Chernihiv principality was a Russian historian (1939 – 2009).
So, the merit of A. Zaitsev is keeping the fire burning on the altar of research of the Chernihiv principality. His historical and geographical observations are undoubtedly useful, in particular the dictionary of toponyms of the Chernihiv principality added to the dissertation.