What parts were Russian cities in the 15-16 centuries? What is the city of the 15-16 centuries? What was its main purpose?

The city consisted of “black” and “white” settlements or even strata of society. The first were draft, and the second were exempted from taxes. The latter included: boyars, nobles, clergy, service people.

There was a fortified part in the city. In Moscow, Pskov, Smolensk, or, for example, in Koporye, it was surrounded by stone walls (the Kremlin). The Kremlin could also be called “krom” (Pskov). It contained towers, chambers, barns, guest houses, cellars and warehouses with gunpowder.

In addition, there was a posad or a hem with a bargaining (market).

Most of the cities of the XV-XVI centuries were small. The most eastern for a long time was Cherdyn in the modern Perm region, and then (by 1600) Tara, Surgut and Mangazeya became such. In most cities, 1-5 thousand people lived, over 100 thousand were in Moscow alone. Almost all of the buildings were wooden, churches, fortifications (but there could be a rampart with a wooden palisade) and rare houses for merchants and boyars were built from stone.

The city was a military, economic, commercial and administrative center. He could withstand the raid of enemies, trade routes passed through the city, various crafts developed in it.