{{short description|Historic Russian citadel}} {{Italic title}} [[File:VNovogorod Detinets VN13.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Novgorod Detinets in Veliky Novgorod, Russia]]
A '''detinets''' ({{langx|ru|детинец}} {{IPA|ru|dʲɪˈtʲinʲɪts|}}) or '''detinetz''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|t|ɪ|n|ɛ|t|s}} {{respell|DET|in|ets}}) is a type of citadel found in historic Russian cities, similar to a kremlin.{{sfn|Nossov|2012b|p=8}}{{sfn|Cracraft|1988|p=65}}{{sfn|Brumfield|2013|p=37}}{{sfn|Galeotti|2022|p=65}}
==Etymology== The origin of the term is uncertain. Some believe it is derived from the Russian word ''deti'', meaning "children", suggesting it was used to hide children and other less able people during a siege.<ref>{{cite Efron|Детинец или Днешний град}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Birnbaum |first1=Henrik |title=Lord Novgorod the Great: The historical background |date=1981 |publisher=Slavica Publishers |isbn=978-0-89357-088-0 |page=105 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lord_Novgorod_the_Great_The_historical_b/o-4VAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author-last1=Troianovskii |author-first1=Sergei |editor-last1=Colas |editor-first1=Dominique |editor-last2=Kharkhordin |editor-first2=Oleg |title=The Materiality of Res Publica: How to Do Things with Publics |date=5 May 2009 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-1078-4 |page=58 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Materiality_of_Res_Publica/KGMZBwAAQBAJ |chapter=The Great Bridge of Novgorod: Republican History Through Material Evidence |language=en}}</ref>
==History== The term ''detinets'' (like the Novgorod Detinets) is considered to be older and was kept in the Novgorod region, while the term ''krom'' (like the Pskov Krom) was more often used in the Pskov region.{{sfn|Nossov|2012b|p=8}} In other Russian regions, such as in the Moscow and Tver regions, fortresses in the center of cities began to use the term ''kremlin'',{{sfn|Nossov|2012b|p=8}}{{sfn|Nossov|2012a|p=20}} which superseded the term ''detinets'' in the 14th and 15th centuries.{{sfn|Galeotti|2022|p=65}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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