hidden Archaeological monuments Archaeological monuments of the Leningrad Oblast are settlements, grads, burial grounds, religious objects and other material trails of the past. Settling the oblast territory took place during the Mesolithic period. The age of the most ancient... more

hidden Commission for the Archaeologic Research of the Leningrad Oblast The Commission for the Archaeologic Research of the Leningrad Oblast. In 1919 the Russian Academy of the Material Culture History (RAIMK, later GAIMK) was esatblished in Petrograd. It was the predecessor of the conteporary centres of the Russian... more

hidden Fortified ancient settlements Fortified ancient settlements (gorodishches), remains of fortified settlements protected with natural obstacles, ditches and banks. In the leningrad Oblast there are 30 fortified ancient settlements, they are mainly of cape type (15 of them are... more

hidden Old Russian Kurgans (barrows) The Old Russian kurgans (barrows) are mounds over graves of the 10th-14th centuries. In old Russian towns barrow burials were stopped in the 11th century after adopting Christianity. The rural population continued to bury according to the Pagan... more

hidden The Culture of long burial mounds (barrows) The Culture of long burial mounds (long barrows). The new culture was extended on the vast territory included Pskov Lake, the Velikaya, Lovat, Msta, Mologa and Chagodoshch (partly) rivers in the middle of AD 1000. This culture is distinguished... more