On the basis of archaeological data, toponymy, and written sources the cultural zones of medieval villages that constituted the centre of the Kiryazh (Kurkijoki) Pogost are localised in today’s Kurkijoki village of the Republic of Karelia. A historical and archaeological study made it possible to identify the main stages in the development of this important ethno-cultural center of medieval Karelia and show the continuity of the 10th-14th centuries settlements, known from archeology and toponymy, with the 15th-17th centuries settlements.