Dvina land: in search of identity

As a historic-geographical term, Dvina Land is localized by archeologists since the 10 th century and is identified with Zavolochye. Administratively it was a part of Velikiy Novgorod 10-16 th centuries), Grand Duchy of Moscow and centralized Russian State, transforming into Dvina uyezd (16-18 th centuries) and Dvina province (1719-1785). As a multidisciplinary research object, it is systematically defined in several dimensions: landscape and natural, historic-geographical, administrative and governmental, cultural, socio-economic, mythical.