CONFOEDERATIO,

RESEARCH DIVISION (CRD).

SETTLEMENT GAZETTEER OF THE PONTIC STEPPE.

Supplementary Tabular Directory and Settlement Population Histories of the Lower Don, Azov Littoral, and Kuban-Stavropol Steppe (10000BC - 1900AD).

8 November 2026 - Aust Kätzchen | austkaeztchen@confoederatio.org

Overview ​

This supplementary report presents the tabular settlement gazetteer (pontic_steppe_settlements.json) accompanying the regional demographic review of the Russian Pontic Steppe (pontic_steppe_literature_review.pdf). The JSON dataset contains 176 individual settlements across the Lower Don, Azov Littoral, Taman Peninsula and Kuban-Stavropol Steppe from 10000BC to 1900AD, formatted in the population_Stadester structure (keyed by "<Name>-Russia", with name, other_names, coords, country, key and positive-integer population maps).

Population figures are derived from excavated dwelling floor areas and settlement plans for prehistoric and Bronze Age sites [1][2][3][4][5][6], walled urban areas and rural surveys for Classical Bosporan, Maeotian and Sarmatian settlements [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], fortress and urban excavations for Khazar Saltovo-Mayaki and Golden Horde cities [15][16][17][18][19][20] and Russian Posolsky Prikaz rolls, Imperial tax revisions (revizii) and the 1897 Census for Don and Kuban Cossack stanitsas, peasant slobodas and cities [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].

Prehistoric, Bronze Age, and Classical Settlements (10000BC - 500AD) ​

Medieval Khazar, Rus, and Golden Horde Settlements (650 - 1550AD) ​

Early Modern and Imperial Settlements (1550 - 1900AD) ​

Complete Settlement Gazetteer ​

Sources ​