scholarly journals STUDY OF THE HOARD OF SILVER COINS NEAR HORODNYTSIA VILLAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-328
Author(s):  
O. A. Alferov ◽  
B. O. Motsya ◽  
A. V. Petrauskas
Keyword(s):  
Eleventh Century ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Local Resident ◽  
The Third ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Gold Coins

Minting own coin is one of the attributes of state formation. The first coins of the Old Rus are represented by gold and silver specimens dating from the late tenth — early eleventh century. Gold coins are very rare, the silver ones are presented much more. Most modern researchers believe that the production of silver coins was started by Volodymyr Sviatoslavych and ended under Yaroslav Volodymyrovych after the beginning of his reign in Kyiv. In 2020 the third known hoard of silver coins was discovered near Gorodnytsia village, Novohrad-Volynskyi district, Zhytomyr region. It was found accidently by local resident S. M. Komar who in the next day after discovery handed it over to the authorities which was recorded in the relevant documents. The expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine conducted archaeological research at the hoard location. The place where the silver coins have been occurred was recorded. Several more coins were found in the pit where the hoard was and nearby. Surrounding area was examined. Near the hoard the presence of land- and waterways, which functioned in the medieval period, was recorded. Near the river Sluch there are convenient places for crossing. During the exploration of the area adjacent to the hoard in order to study the archaeological context the settlement was discovered. The artifacts found on it date it to the 9th—13th and 16th—18th centuries. Powerful fortifications in the form of moats, ramparts and escarpments have been preserved. Probably, the formation of the silver hoard is connected with the ancient roads along the Sluch River and the Old Rus settlement on the site of the modern settlement of Gorodnytsia. In total 38 silver coins were in the hoard. 31 of them belonged to the minting of Volodymyr Sviatoslavych, and 7 to Sviatopolk Yaropolkovych. Vladimir’s coins are presented in three types — II (6 copies), III (16 copies) and IV (9 copies). Sviatopolk’s coins represent all three of his existing numismatic types — I (4 copies), II (2 copies) and III (1 copy). 10 silver coins of Volodymyr and 1 of Svyatopolk are represented by previously unknown stamp pairs. 2 coins of Vladimir, which have an unknown combination of stamps, are of particular scientific interest.

scholarly journals THE NEWLY DISCOVERED PERSIAN INSCRIPTION OF THE XII CENTURY IN THE FORTRESS OF BJNI

2019 ◽  
pp. 324-331
Author(s):  
TIGRAN MIKAYELYAN
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Line ◽  
Second Line ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Line ◽  
Stone Fragment ◽  
The Third ◽  
Arabic Characters ◽  
Third Line ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

In 2007 during its excavations within the citadel of Bjni fortress the expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia discovered a stone with an inscription in Arabic characters. We have read this Persian inscription in five lines sculpted on a stone fragment showing missing parts from all sides. The first line is damaged and is unreadable, the second line mentions the name of some Isfahsalar Muhammad/Mohammad طوسي... Tusi محمد سلار] سفه ا ....[ The third line is also unclear, except for the guessable word ‘Islam’. The fourth line reads ‘May the God bless all’ in Persian. The fifth line communicates the date, which is ... [ئه [ما خمس و عين ...The date is incomplete, however it is definitely the 500th year of Hijra or the XII century AD. To define the decade we need to offer numbers ending with عين ..These are forty اربعين seventy سبعين or ninety تسعين . From these figures we prefer seventy سبعين because of a few considerations: if it is forty اربعين horizontal line of alif would be visible even if it is damaged; there is a dot over عين... even though ‘ba’s dot has been put over and not under the letter. سبعين or ninety also has no dots. So by choosing seventy, we can date the inscription to the period of 1175-1183. We can’t offer a more precise date as the first number before seventy is lost. We also believe that this inscription is not an epitaph as there are no Islamic formulas for the deceased put right before the name; also the sculpted characters are too big for a gravestone and in addition they are positioned perpendicularly to the stone unlike Armenia’s Muslim gravestones. Therefore, this must be a fragment of an inscription commemorating some construction or maybe a repair or strengthening of the Bjni fortress or citadel executed by the order of Isfahsalar Muhammad Tusi. Unfortunately the inscription does not communicate the dynasty to which it belongs. However, there is another Arabic inscription of 1174 by Shaddadids carved on a citadel of Nerkin Talin/Dashtadem (Aragatsotn region of Armenia). The newly discovered Persian inscription is evidence that Muslim military had some presence during the last decades of the XII century in the Armenian fortress of Bjni.

III International seminar “Mire vegetation: modern problems of classification, mapping, use and protection” (Minsk – Grodno, Belarus, September, 26–28, 2018)

2018 ◽  
pp. 142-145
Author(s):  
O. V. Galanina
Keyword(s):  
Field Trips ◽  
International Seminar ◽  
Ecological Education ◽  
State University ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
The Third ◽  
Mire Vegetation ◽  
Experimental Botany ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The third international seminar “Mire vegetation: modern problems of classification, mapping, use and protection” took place in September 26–28, 2018 in Belarus, Grodno Region. It was organized by B. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. Apart from two days of scientific sessions the participants went for half-day field trips visiting the landscape reserve “Ozery”. Two beautiful autumn mires: lake-side pine bog and river valley fen were appreciated by mire specialists from Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. The visit-center of the reserve offered the short lectures on nature, tourist attractions and prospective activities. On September 29 everyone was invited to joint an additional field trip and seminar held in Novy Dvor (Svisloch district) to support a preservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus. Local teachers and experts together with international mire researchers went to the Dikoe mire, the Ramsar site, were they had a training course in the field. All participants of the event were happy to be together, share the experiences and contribute to ecological education.

scholarly journals N. I. PETROV IN THE ORGANIZATION OF COLLECTIONS OF THE CHURCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AT THE KYIV THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
O. Panchuk
Keyword(s):  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Church

The aim of the paper is to analyze the activities of Professor of the Kyiv Theological Academy, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine N. I. Petrov on the organization of collections of the Kyiv Church Archaeological Museum. On the basis of archival materials and publications of contemporaries, the role of a scientist in the promotion of donors is determined. They consisted of written gratitude, publication of information about them in printed publications, reports at meetings of the Church and Archaeological Society, personal meetings with mecenats, consultations with reputable scholars and officials. It was established that during the first stage of the company's activity and the museum, the entire process of the museum's assembly was under Petrov 's control. It was found out that at this stage the scientist acquired the necessary experience in organizing the museum business. The scientist acquired at this stage the necessary experience in organizing the museum business. This is especially evident in his efforts to organize personal collections of Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin), Archbishop Modest (Strelbitsky), writer and traveler A. Muravjov. At the second stage of the existence of a society and a museum, the role of Petrov became even more significant. This is especially evident in his efforts to organize the collections of Bishop Porphyry (Uspensky), Prince of San Domingo (P. Demidov), Mecenat M. Leopardov. Understanding and inclusion in the museum space of these collections significantly influenced the improvement of the museum's exposition scheme and concept. Work on attracting collections has slowed down in the third stage. N. I. Petrov focuses on the improvement of existing collections, their descriptions and conservation.

scholarly journals HORODNYTSIA TREASURE: VOLODYMYR SVIATOSLAVYCH'S SILVER COINS

2021 ◽  
pp. 259-268
Author(s):  
Oleksander Alf’orov ◽  
Andrii Petrauskas
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Type I ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Local Resident ◽  
Metal Detector ◽  
Type Iv ◽  
History Of ◽  
Village Council ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Village

The discovery of the Horodnytsia treasure took place in the following graduality. In the evening of 27rd of August 2020 near the village of Horodnytsia, Novohrad-Volynskyi district, Zhytomyr region the local resident Serhii Komar found the treasure of coins of Volodymyr Sviatoslavych (Volodymyr the Great, Volodymyr the Saint) and Sviatopolk Yaropolkovych (“Sviatopolk the Cursed”). The treasure find took place in the forest near the river Sluch while extraction of the sand for household needs. In the morning of 28rd of August the treasure was transferred to the local government authorities – the village council of Horodnytsia according to the Ukrainian law. The expertise of the treasure was carried out at place of find by Dr. Oleksander Alf’orov – the researcher of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The treasure consisted of 32 silver coins (sribnyks) inclusively 26 coins of Volodymyr Sviatoslavych and 6 coins of Sviatopolk Yaropolkovych. Next day the group of scientists with the chief of the Zhytomyr Archaeological Expedition of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Dr. Andrii Petrauskas and the representative of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, the head of the Department of permitting and approval documentation in the branch of the cultural heritage protection – Dr. Bohdan Motsia and the head of the Early Iron Age Archeology department of the National Museum of Ukrainian History – Dr. Serhii Didenko and the research fellow of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – Dr. Oleksander Alf’orov and the director of the Novohrad-Volynskyi Local Lore Museum – Olena Zhovtyuk and the workmate of the Zhytomyr Archaeological Expedition of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – Oleksander Minaev. At that place after the professional archeological excavations was discovered the traces of the pit where the treasure was placed. Additionally one more coin and 5 fragments were discovered during the excavation using a metal detector. Thus, on 29th of August 2020, the Horodnytsia treasure numbered 38 coins: 31 sribnyks of Volodymyr the Great (II-IV coin types according to Ivan Tolstoy’s the typological classification), and 7 sribnyks of Sviatopolk Yaropolkovych (all three known coin types). Since the discovery of the Kyiv treasure in 1876, the Horodnytsia treasure is the largest. Analyzing the complex we can suggest that its hoarding took place during the reign of Sviatopolk Yaropolkovych or possibly after his death. Thus, all of the sribnyks of Volodymyr the Great are represent by three of the four types of prince’s issues. Generally speaking, the Type II numbered 6 pieces, Type III numbered 16 pieces and Type IV numbered 9 pieces. And the Type I is absent in the hoard. 10 coins are minted by previously unknown die pairs (in the treasure №№ 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21, 32, 34, 38). Additionally interesting are 2 coins with the unknown die combination (in the treasure №№ 15, 22). Their obverses are already published but the reverses are being published for the first time. Thus, 31 sribnyks were investigated and ten of them are minted by previously unknown die pairs and two by unknown die combinations. Since the discovery of the Kyiv treasure in 1876, the Horodnytsia treasure is the largest, as well as one that can be classified as authentic, which is additionally confirmed by the discovery of coins at the place of the treasury find. The unique feature of the Horodnytsia treasure can be considered that the place of its discovery was examined archaeologically: the peculiarities of its topography, conditions of occurrence, stratigraphy and location in the settlement system of the region were revealed. It should be underlined that the treasure was found in the region, where the sribnyks of Volodymyr and Sviatopolk were previously unknown among the coin finds. Unlike the previous finds of sribnyks, the Horodnytsia treasure was not transferred to the private collections abroad, but replenished the museum fund of Ukraine. The further research of the treasure with the use of the newest modern technologies will increase the information potential of this treasure.

scholarly journals Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: Achievements and Prospects

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-446
Author(s):  
V. V. Danilovich ◽  
V. L. Lakiza
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Scientific Organization ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Middle Ages

The article presents the major accomplishments of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in recent years – the leading scientific organization in the field of fundamental and applied research on national and universal history, archaeology and anthropology, including organization and implementation of activities to study and preserve the historical, cultural and archaeological heritage of the country, practical application and popularization.In the year of the 90th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus the Institute incorporates 5 centers: the Center of Archaeology and Ancient History of Belarus (including departments of archaeology of primitive society, archaeology of the Middle Ages and Modern times, the department of preservation and using of archaeological heritage, the department of history of Belarus in the Middle Ages and early Modern times); the Center of Modern and Contemporary History of Belarus (including departments of history of Belarus in modern times, the military history of Belarus, the department of the newest history of Belarus); the Center of History and Anthropology Related Sciences (including departments of genealogy, heraldry and numismatics, the department of source studies and archeography, the departments of historiography and methods of historical research, anthropology); the Center of General History and International Relations; the Center for History of Geopolitics.The Institute has an Archaeological Scientific and Museum Exposition, the Central Scientific Archive of NAS of Belarus (including the only one in the country Fund of archaeological research documents) and the International School of Historical and Archaeological Research.The article focuses on the achievements of scientists in the framework of fulfilling the tasks of the subprogram “History and Culture” of the state research program “Economics and Humanitarian Development of the Belarusian Society” for 2016– 2020, as well as the results that were included in the TOP 10 achievements of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, important publications, scientific and practical events, prospects for the development of scientific research.

scholarly journals JOURNALS OF NAS OF UKRAINE IN PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES: MONOPOLIZATION LEVEL

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Anna I. Radchenko ◽  
◽  
Natalia V. Koval ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Biological Sciences ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Mathematical Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Periodicals ◽  
Physical Engineering ◽  
Made In

This is the third article in the cycle of publications on the monopolization level of scientific periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. It is devoted to the journals of Section of Physical, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. The paper finishes the first stage of research aimed at revealing the breadth of the authors’ community of the NAS of Ukraine journals during 2015–2017. As well as in the previous articles of this cycle, the estimation of the authors’ community and its monopolization level is made by the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index calculation. Thus, the quantitative weighted distribution of affiliation is made for each journal. The analysis of the journals of Section of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Section of Chemical and Biological Sciences is made in the articles previously published in the “Herald of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” (2018, No. 9 and 2019, No. 10). It was shown that the chemical and biological journals of NAS of Ukraine have the lowest monopolization level — there are only 23% of middle-monopolized and 27% of low-monopolized ones. Meanwhile, only 19% of journals of the Section of Social Sciences and Humanities have the moderate monopolization level and the rest have the high one. Journals of the Section of Physical, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences are more like chemical and biological ones. They mostly have high monopolization level (54%), however 17% are moderately monopolized and 25% are low-monopolized.

scholarly journals THE EARLIEST CERAMICS FROM BORYSTHENES (on materials from V. V. Lapin’s Excavations)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
A. V. Buiskykh
Keyword(s):  
Time Span ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Early Type ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Third ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The paper examines the earliest materials from the excavations conducted by V. V. Lapin in Borysthenes (the settlement at Berezan Island). The collection is stored in the Scientific Repository, the Institute of Archaeology, the National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine. The earliest ceramic items belong mainly to oenochoes and kraters produced in Miletus. In accordance with the modern typology, these vessels belong to the group MilA Ib (after Käufler) or to the group SiA Ib (after Kerschner — Schlotzhauer) with the dating from the 650s to the very beginning of the 630s BC. Together with another famous imported vessels that were found at Borysthenes, f. e. Ionian cups of the early type and subgeometric scyphos, these vessels prove the time of its founding at the third quarter of the 7th century BC. Thus, the information by Eusebius (Euseb.Chron. can. / Helm B., 1984, p. 95b) becomes a proof on a basis of archaeological collection. Its number and quality allows speaking not about rare items, but about the import of mass materials in general. Moreover, the earliest Milesian import found at Borysthenes, permit to conclude that namely this emporion was used like a center of a transit trade with barbarian world. Milesian pottery in the earliest time-span appeared in Forest-steppe area, Eastern Taurica and Kuban estuary via Borysthenes.

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