Pages: 99-101

The article addresses problems related to state regulation of accidental discoveries and hoards in the 19th century and offers an analysis of archival sources about the findings in the territory of Kazan province. Geographic distribution of finds referring to the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate period in the territory of Kazan province is determined. The author characterizes all cases of such findings, their content and geography; whenever possible, he provides information on their further storage. At the end, there is a summary of the main results of the study.

Keywords: Golden Horde, Khanate of Kazan, Kazan Governorate, stray finds, hoards, reports, second half of 19th — early 20th centuries

Information about author:

Khalim M. Abdullin. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Address: Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation 
E-mail: [email protected]