ZAROY OR ZARUB (TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF NAMES)
The article discusses the origins of the names of two ancient cities of the 12th century: Zaroy and Zarub. Apart from these cities the article mentions other extinct ancient Russian towns which names are preserved in the chronicles. The basic hypothesis of the origin of these names and a brief historical information about them are given. Comparing the given in the article hypothesis of these ancient cities names origin, the author concludes that a complete review of the linguistic material, engaging historical, archaeological, geographical information helped to some extent in establishing the whereabouts of these cities and to identify the meaning of their names.