18. "Vereya" group (No. 393 – 399)
Nicholas Zharkikh
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After the "Odoev" group, the SRG returns to the objects of the Grand Duchy Vladimir (Moscow).
(393) Vereya
A modern town in the Moscow region (Russia). Probability class – A.
(394) on Porotva [river]
Vereya really stands on the river , which flows into the Oka (Russia). Probability class – A.
(395) Novgorodok
I think there may still be a doubling of Novyj Gorodok (New Town) No. 385 on the same Protva. Probability class – G.
(396) Galich
A modern town in the Kostroma region (Russia). Probability class – A.
(397) Klichen
Maybe that was located on the island of the same name on Lake Seliger, 3 km from modern Ostashkov on the shore of the lake (Russia). Probability class – A.
(398) Rzhova
A modern town (Russia). Probability class – A.
(399) Bezhitsky Verkh
It turns out that is not a specific settlement, but a territory on which there were villages and settlements. Probability class – A.
We can see that the small "Vereya" group shows quite decent quality: out of 7 of its objects, 6 (86 %) are localized quite confidently. But these objects themselves are scattered over a large area, often located near the objects mentioned in the SRG earlier. Geographical proximity, as we have already seen more than once, was not a determining factor in the conclusion of the SRG.
Maps
I laid out the optimal route as follows: 393 → 398 → 397 → 399 → 396 = 846 km. It is plotted on the following diagram with blue arrows.
"Vereya" group. Optimal route
To lay the main real route (between class A objects), you just need to look at the list: 393 → 396 → 397 → 398 → 399 = 1413 km. It is shown in the following diagram with red arrows. Entropy-A = 167 %.
"Vereya" group. Real route (class A)
The polygon that covers all objects of the group is marked with a black outline on the map. Its diameter (393 – 396) is 500 km. The peculiarity of this group is that it consists entirely of foreign objects and does not have its own core. Galich (397) would fit better in the "Murom" group, Rzhev (398) and Klichen (397) – in the "Toropets-Jerusalem" group, where parishes belong to Rzhev were already recorded, but Rzhev himself was not; Vereya (393) definitely belonged to the "Vladimir" group, where other objects on the Protva are listed. One gets the impression that objects that were forgotten to be entered in the proper places are recorded here.