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Spennende nyheter om et mulig funn av en hjelm i HviterusslandA gilded millennial helmet was found in Bobruisk. Give to the museum
Find fell out from under the shore of the Berezina, when the water subsided. Archaeologists have confirmed: the helmet is AUTHENTIC !
Helmet found by Vladimir Balynda, an employee of the Dnieper-Berezinsky Waterways Enterprise, and turned to the Bobruisk reenactor Nikolai Silkov. The find just fell out from under the shore, along with a piece of land.
"It is an accident. Now the helmet is on conservation, it is immersed in distilled water. Later it will be mothballed and transferred to the local history museum, ”Nikolai Silkov said.
Immediately after it became known about the discovery, Nikolai turned to archaeologists to give advice on the preservation of a unique artifact.
Now archeologist, doctor of science Igor Marzalyuk, who went to Bobruisk, is working with the helmet.
“This is a unique, gilded princely helmet of the end of the X century. This is a sensation. There is such a place in the river port, the soil has dried up and a piece of land has fallen off. He has an analogue in Eastern Europe in the famous black grave, but there is the worst condition there, ”said Igor Marzalyuk.
An analogue of such a helmet was found during excavations at the Black Grave mound in Chernigov, found at the end of the 19th century. This is a Scandinavian type helmet, which is shackled from four iron plates.
Igor Marzalyuk added that specialists and scuba divers will work on the find site. After all, a helmet in such a state can be preserved only in an enclosed space.
Other archaeologists also confirmed that the helmet is not fake. Such an attribute could not wear an ordinary warrior.
Babruysk is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. It was first mentioned in writing in the middle of the 14th century. Investigations by archaeologists revealed that in the 5th and 6th centuries there existed Slavic settlements up the river Biarezina from where Babruysk is currently located; findings of stone tools and weapons suggest that people have lived in the area since the stone age.
During the reign of Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev, in place of modern-day Babruysk there was a village whose inhabitants were occupied with fishing and beaver trapping. This is where the name Babruysk originated. For many centuries Babruysk was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and was an important militarily fortified border post. In the 14th century a castle was built on one of the hills near the Berezina River.
Babruysk was not only a major military base, but also a prominent trade center. There is evidence of a market containing nearly one hundred stalls, which implies significant financial activity. In the first half of the 17th century Babruysk became a big trade outpost thanks to its strategic position at the intersection of major trade routes and the Berezina river. There was a flowering of skilled tradesmen, including carpenters, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, and bakers. The population in the first half of the 17th century was between 2,000 and 5,000 people.
The town was surrounded by fortifications made from wood and earth, whose length stretched for over 3 km (2 mi). These included a protective earth barrier, wooden walls, and almost a dozen two-story watchtowers. In the walls there were openings designed for the placement of firearms. After the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 it came into the hands of Imperial Russia. In 1810, the construction of a fortress began to mark the border between Russia and Austria and Prussia; in 1812 it was almost completed and was successful in repelling Napoleon's attack for four months. After the war the building was renewed on a large scale, and it was completed in 1820. That was one of the western Russian fortresses. The Babruysk fortress has served its purpose for many decades and today it is a major tourist attraction.
The 1861 census showed a population of 15,766. The ethnic groups living in Babruysk included Belarusians, Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews. As in other cities of Belarus, most of the buildings were constructed from wood. In 1866 there were 1498 houses, only 29 of which were made from brick.
There was a steady increase in the Jewish population of Babruysk following the Napoleonic wars. By 1897, in the population of 34,336 citizens, 60%, or 20,760 were Jews.[2] Most of them were employed in crafts, industry, and trade.
During the 1890s, the citizens of Babruysk witnessed pogroms after the assassination of the Russian emperor Alexander II. Many of the attacks were repelled by armed Jewish self-defense. ... See MoreSee Less
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