Pages: 413-432

The article addresses studies on the burial ground of the late 13th—14th century in the Volga region near Samara. The funerary rite and objects from 16 burials find analogies in the Muranka, Barbashinsky, and Usinsky burial grounds, associated mainly with the Mordovian groups. The appearance of large Mordovian burial grounds in the Middle Volga region is conditioned by the policy of economic development of the Volga region, pursued by the Golden Horde administration. The chronological framework of the archaeological objects studied in the region with the Mordovian ethno-cultural component — late 13th — middle of the 14th centuries. There is no evidence to support the existence of these sites after 1360s — the beginning of the “Great troubles” period in the Horde.

Keywords: Middle Volga, Golden Horde, Mordovian, burial ground, funerary rite

Information about author:

Dmitriy Stashenkov. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Samara Museum for History and Regional Studies named after P. V. Alabin. Leninskaya St., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation.
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