2. "Moldavian" group (No. 17 – 37)
Nicholas Zharkikh
Shortened text of the section. Full text in ukrainian version.
This group is not highlighted by any separate heading in the SRG.
(18) On the mouth of the Dniester
A river . Probability class – A.
(20) Belgorod
Modern . Probability class – A.
, that at night the muscovites launched 24 Shaheds across Ukraine, of which 17 were shot down, there is damage in the Odesa region and in (April 8, 2024 at 7:48 am).
(21) Chern
Mysterious object. Probability class – D.
(22) Yassky torg (= market)
A modern city , the capital of Moldavia in the 16th – 19th centuries. Probability class – A.
(23) On the Prut river
indeed flows near Iași (the nearest point in Ungeny is 16 km to the east). Probability class – A.
(24) Romanov torg
It is definitely identified with a modern city in Romania. Probability class – A.
(25) On Moldova
River flows into Siret only 4 km below the city of Roman. Probability class – A.
(26) Nemech (= German)
A modern city in Romania. Probability class – A.
(27) In the mountains
Just as in the case of the sea, the proper name of the mountains is not given.
, that yesterday afternoon muscovites attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia, 3 dead, 8 injured. No, this is not a doubling of the news for April 6, 2024, this is a new blow. The muscovitian system is like this.
Also , that the Russian missile ship "Serpukhov" burned down at the base in the Kaliningrad region. "Ah, what an unexpected reprimand!" (April 9, 2024 at 7:47 am).
(28) Korochyunov kamen (= stone)
Kyiv, Tuesday morning. I walk along the Rusanivsky Strait. The dazzling sun brightly illuminates the white residential buildings on Bereznyaki, and they are beautifully reflected in the calm blue water of the strait. The willows on the shore wear a spring green-yellow outfit and also reflect beautifully in the water. Two columns at the entrance to the Paton Bridge bear their five-pointed stars (decommunization has not yet reached them). In front of them, a line of cars is moving towards the right bank. An ordinary morning of an ordinary working day.
And amidst this idyll, it is very hard to believe that a war is brewing somewhere, that standard white houses can stand blackened from fires, that willow trees can be cut with splinters, as around Bakhmut, and the avenue can be paved with burnt Russian armored vehicles, as in Bucha. And that this wonderful morning will be the last of one of our soldiers in his life… (recorded on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 7:55 am).
Unknown object. Probability class – D.
(29) Suceava
A modern city in Romania, from the end of the 14th century and until 1564 it was the capital of the Moldavian Principality. Probability class – A.
(30) Seret
A modern city in Romania. Probability class – A.
(31) Banja
A modern village (Baia) 26 km south of Suceava. Probability class – A.
(32) Chechjun
B. Tymoshchuk suggested that it is a castle on Mount Tsetsino on the western outskirts of modern Chernivtsi. I consider the assumption acceptable. Probability class – B.
(33) Kolomyia
A modern city in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Probability class – A.
(34) Gorodok (= town) on Cheremosh (35)
With the river we have relative clarity: it is formed by the confluence of the White Cheremosh and the Black Cheremosh, flows generally to the northeast and flows into the Prut. The probability class for the river – A.
The object remains unlocalized. Probability class – D.
(36) Khoten on the Dniester (37)
Thanks to the indication of the river, there is no doubt that it is a modern one in the Chernivtsi region, really located on the Dniester. Probability class – A.
This group differs from "Bulgarian" by much better spelling of names, which mostly coincide with modern ones. This indicates the use of some separate source.
Maps
There are also few objects in the "Moldavian" group, moreover, they were lined up almost in a straight line from the southeast to the northwest. Therefore, the optimal route is obvious: 20 → 22 → 24 → 26 → 31 → 29 → 30 → 33 → 37 = 640 km. It is plotted on the following diagram with blue arrows.
"Moldavian" group. Optimal route
To lay the main real route (between class A objects), you just need to look at the list: 20 → 22 → 24 → 26 → 29 → 30 → 31 → 33 → 37 = 752 km. It is plotted in the following diagram with red arrows. Due to one geographical inconsistency of the list, entropy-A = 118 %.
"Moldavian" group. Real route (class A)
Complete real route (classes A + B): 20 → 22 → 24 → 26 → 29 → 30 → 31 → 32 → 33 → 37 = 770 km, which gives us entropy-B = 120 %. A slight difference between entropy-A and entropy-B shows that the only object of class B in the group really lies on the path between the neighboring objects that are reliably localized. But this is an atypical case, and we will soon find out about it.
"Moldavian" group. Real route (classes A + B)
The polygon that covers all objects of the group is marked with a black contour on the map. Its diameter (20 – 33) is 476 km. There are no foreign objects in this group, and in general, this fragment of the SRG gives the impression of a description of some merchant, trade route. Trading – because two objects in the group are marked as "torg" (and not a single object in SRG is so marked more)!
The linear arrangement of objects, which is rare for SRG, also suggests a description of the road.