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AD MEMORIAM
S. V. Beletsky (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Yurii Mikhailovich Lesman (1954—2013) Free!17N. I. Platonova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)About my Friend Free!19E. R. Mikhaylova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)On the New Holland Island Free!24Yu. M. LesmanOverview of Preservation of Cultural Layer and Archaeological Artefacts on the New Holland Island Free!26L. M. Vseviov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)List of Yu.M. Lesman’s Published Papers Free!38Yu. M. LesmanScandinavian Component in the Early Russian Culture Free!43
BEFORE RUS’
M. Rudnicki (Łódź, Poland)Contacts Between the Western Balts and the Slavs in the 6th—7th Centuries: Archaeological Data Free!91M. M. Kazanski (Paris, France)Bits of Great Migration Period from Dolozhsky Pogost Free!119A. N. Kirpichnikov, A. V. Kurbatov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)New Evidence on the Origin of the Ladoga Settlement and Appearance of the Slavs on the Volkhov River Free!129
WORLD OF THINGS
S. V. Beletsky (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Heraldic Pendant no. 101 and Some Comments About the Legal Status of Pendants’ Holders Free!139Z. V. Prusakova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)The Enkolpion with Composition “Crucifixion. The Prophet Eliya” from Dovmont’s City in Pskov Free!147S. S. Ryabtseva (Kishinev, Moldovs), O. K. Savelyev (Odessa, Ukraine)Some Items of Non-Ferrous Metals and Jewelry Tools from the Excavations of Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy Fortress Free!155A. E. Zhabreva (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)The Russian Costume of the 16th Century in the European Engravings of that Time: Reality and Fiction Free!177
SCANDINAVIAN ETUDES
F. Androshchuk (Stockholm, Sweden)Rus’ and Byzantine Contacts of Scandinavia in 11th—14th Centuries Free!199E. A. Melnikova (Moscow, Russian Federation)“I remember you...”: Everyday Runic Writing in Scandinavia Free!213T. N. Jackson (Moscow, Russian Federation)Northwest of Eastern Europe in Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions: Re-evaluated Data Free!225
RUS’ AND ITS NEIGHBORS
O. V. Komar (Kiev, Ukraine)Svyatoslav’s Place of Death: Searches, Legends, Hypotheses, Mystifications Free!235Ya. V. Pylypchuk (Kiev, Ukraine)How Many Kipchaks? (On the question of the reliability of the data provided by written sources on population of West-Eurasian steppes) Free!257
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
E. R. Mikhaylova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Early Medieval Settlements and Burial Mounds in the Rapti-Navolok Complex on Cheremenets Lake Free!273V. Yu. Sobolev (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Unknown Excavations of S. A. Teplouhov on Izhora Plateau Free!287VI. V. Stasjuk (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)On Springs, Swords and Pogosts. Note to the Historical Geography of the West Novgorod Land Free!297
ISSUES OF CHRONOLOGY
I. A. Saprykina, L. A. Pelgunova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Belt Set from Kuzebaevo Hoard: Results of Chemical-Technological and Radioisotopic (210 Pb) Study Free!307S. V. Belskiy (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Chronology of 11th — 15th Centuries Funerary Complexes of Karelian Isthmus and Northern Ladoga Lake Region Free!317
VARANGIAN-RUSSIAN ISSUE: DISCUSSION CONTINUED
L. S. Klejn (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)One More Tale on Lekhite Varangians. Didcussion Continued Free!335A. A. Romanchuk (Kishinev, Moldova)Dispute on the Ancient Novgorod Dialect in the Context of Varangian-Rousi Discussion Free!345S. V. Tomsinsky (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Neo-Normanism in Leningrad: Origins and Results Free!357
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
List of AbbreviationsList Free!371SubmissionsSubmissions Free!373