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AD GLORIAM
A. N. Kirpichnikov (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Sergey V. Beletsky. Life and Work Free!17D. A. Dvornikova, M. D. Ivina, V. M. Lvova, M. M. Osipova, A. M. Soloviova, O. G. Shauro, S. Sheyman (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Our Sergey Vasilyevich Free!25L. M. Vseviov (Saint Petersburg, Russia)S. V. Beletsky’s List of Publications Free!29
SIGNS OF REMOTE CENTURIES
O. V. Sharov (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Bosporus Etudes: towards the Question of Emergence of the Royal Tamgas43Ya. V. Volodarets-Urbanowich (Kiev, Ukraine)Pottery Stamps on Pastyrskoe, Kantserka and Volyntsevo Ware Types51
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
N. A. Plavinski (Minsk, Belarus)On the Issue of Burial Rites in the Western Dvina-Viliya Interfluve in the Third Quarter of the 1st Millennium AD63E. R. Mikhaylova (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Early Medieval Settlement on the Northern Shore of Lake Meryovo73D. V. Duk (Novopolotsk, Belarus), A. L. Kots (Polotsk, Belarus)New Archaeological Research on the Territory of Zapolotsky Posad of Ancient Polotsk (end of 10th — first half of 12th century)83N. D. Russev (Kishinev, Moldova)Notes on the Fortress Tint91P. E. Sorokin, O. V. Andreeva, A. V. Ivanova, N. I. Lazaretova (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Archaeological Excavation of the Cemetery on Okhtinsky Cape103S. N. Travkin (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Some Comments on Geography of Distribution of the Swedish Kingdom’s Small Coins in Eastern Europe in 17th c.115S. E. Shungina (Saint Petersburg, Russia)The Reflection of Stages of Development of the Tikhvin Bolshoy Uspensky Monastery in Materials of Archaeological Research in 2010121
WRITTEN SOURCES SUGGEST
A. V. Alexandrov, R. A. Rabinovici (Kishinev, Moldova)On “Inequality” of Eastern Slavic tribes in the “Tale of Bygone Years” (preliminary notes)133S. A. Salmin (Pskov, Russia)Vladimir and Vasily: Historical and Social Realities in Myths143S. A. Kozlov (Tyumen, Russia)Leo the Deacon and Scylitzas’ Narratives about the Battle of Svyatoslav near Dorostolon (971): a Fragment of the Lost Byzantine Epic?151
FROM BYZANTIUM TO STEPPE
M. M. Kazanski (Paris, France)Early Byzantine Buckle from Marvele Burial in Central Lithuania163E. Gáll (Bucharest, Romania)Márton Roska and Archaeology in Transylvania: Critical Notes to the Hungarian-Armenian Scientist’s Early Medieval Studies175S. V. Cera (Kishinev, Moldova)Finno-Ugric Influence in Collection of Arrowheads from Fortified Settlements Alchedar and Ekimautsy197F. Curta (Gainesville, Florida, USA)The Image and Archaeology of the Pechenegs203
ARCHAEOLOGY OF REPRESENTATIONS
L. S. Klejn (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Where is Chechenian Perun from — Iran or Ancient Rus'?237O. L. Gubarev (Saint Petersburg, Russia)About Oaths of Rus’ and Slavs239G. V. Glazyrina, T. N. Jackson (Moscow, Russia)Friendly Gift247M. P. Kruk (Gdańsk; Kraków, Poland)About the Origins and Research of the Orthodox Art Collection in the National Museum in Krakow and other Polish Museums255
DISCUSSIONS
S. V. Tomsinsky (Saint Petersburg, Russia)“Wandering Khaganate of the Rusi”: Prospects for Further Debate275A. A. Romanchuk (Kishinev, Moldova)Varangian-Rus’ Issue in Modern Debate: a Look from the Outside283
TECHNOLOGIES OF THE PAST
V. I. Kulakov (Moscow, Russia)Tongue-Shaped Fibulae: Origin and Stylistics303Yu. M. Lesman (†), S. S. Ryabtseva (Kishinev, Moldova)About Rings with Many Beads, European Fashion and Ethnographic Dress309A. V. Kurbatov (Saint Petersburg, Russia)Unknown Masters from Pskov337
ECO-SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
A. Z. Vinnicov (Voronezh, Russia), S. A. Gorbanenko (Kiev, Ukraine)The Rural Economy of the Inhabitants of Zhyvotinnoe Hillfort347
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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