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Noronshasht, IPA ['noronʲʃɑʃtʲ] | |
![]() Сolumn chapiter of Özbeg Khan reign period | |
Alternative name | Turki: ﻥﺭﻥﺝﺍﻁ, Nurinjat IPA [nurinˈdʒɑt] |
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Location | Penza Oblast, Russia |
Region | Mukhsha Ulus |
Coordinates | 53°50′57″N 43°44′15″E / 53.8493°N 43.7374°E[1][2] |
Type | city |
Length | 2000 |
Width | 900 |
History | |
Abandoned | 1600s |
Periods | Medieval |
Cultures | Saltovo-Mayaki |
Satellite of | Golden Horde |
Associated with | Mongols |
Events | Mongol Takeover in 1237, Destruction by Timur in 1395 |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1923-1927 |
Archaeologists | Aleksandr Krotkov |
Condition | In ruins |
Mukhshi (Tatar: Muxşa, Mukhsha, Naruçat, Naruchat, Moksha: νορονσαστ, romanized: Noronshasht, lit. 'IPA ['noronʲʃɑʃtʲ]', Turki: نرنجاط, Nurinjat IPA [nurinˈdʒɑt])[3]) was the capital city of Murunza and capital of the Golden Horde in the 14th century during the reign of Öz Beg Khan and his official residence.[4] It was the administrative center of Mukhsha Ulus and one of the Golden Horde centres of coinage. In the 15th century the city lost its importance and declined. The ruins (buildings of bricks, stone baths, Muslim graves) are situated in Penza Oblast near the modern town of Narovchat in the upper stream of Moksha River.