Pages: 585-588

The author reviews places where Polovtsian stone sculptures were found on the territory of the Kuban steppe and Eastern Trans-Kuban. First statues were delivered to the Museum in the late nineteenth century, and are still delivered nowadays. Before the revolution, there was no regular reporting about original locations of such finds. In 1950s — early 21st century, statues were brought from villages located on the territory of the Central steppe area in the middle Kuban area and Eastern Trans-Kuban. Finds of the Polovtsian stone sculptures are a valuable source on the geography of the Polovtsian nomadic camps in the Kuban basin.

Keywords: Kuban, Middle Ages, Kuman, sculptures, museum

Information about author:

Yuriy Zelenskiy. Krasnodar State Historical and Archaeological Museum-reserve named after E. D. Felitsyn. Gimnazicheskaya St., 67, Krasnodar, 350910, Russian Federation.
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