Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia, Makarenko.vadim@yandex.ru
Toponyms make up groups or toponymical layers which are deeply rooted in the past. They are visible but unconnected levels of the different periods in the historical development of the territory because as a rule even linguists cannot reveal their current, let alone etymological, meaning, with the exception of those layers that appeared recently. They are present on the map heterotypically providing an unclear vestige of people’s movement in time and space. We need to decipher them in order to define our own position in this line.
heterotopy; etymology of toponyms; historical geography; history; languages
Download textFor citing: Makarenko V.V. (2020). Heterotopia of geographic maps and keys to History. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 1 (41): Heterotopy and semiotics of cultural landscape, pp. 195-217. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2020.01.12