Protective archaeological excavations in Yakutsk have yielded sensational finds. Nine fragments of birch bark letters from the 17th century have been discovered, which are very well preserved thanks to the permafrost.
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The discovery was identified thanks to the professionalism of archaeologist Yulia Baikina.
It has been established that in this place, now the intersection of Kalandarishvili Street and Mark Zhirkov Lane, in the 17th century there was a fort, that is, a fortified building or fortress, where soldiers’ barracks and the chancellery of the governor sent to serve in the Far East were located. Archaeologists note that the fort itself was once almost completely destroyed by fire. The discovered charters are all the more surprising.
They were found by a student archaeologist from Kirov, Vitaly Tatarinov, and the discovery was identified thanks to the professionalism of the archaeologist, specialist in orthophoto plans and tacheometric surveys, Yulia Baikina.
“This territory was very active in different periods. People built some dwellings on the site of lost ones, layering materials of interest to archaeologists on top of each other,” she shared with Vesti.Sakha journalists.
One of the found charters talks about the collection of yasak. Photo: t.me/aisen_nikolaev
It has already been possible to decipher one of the birch bark letters found, written in cursive. It is about the collection of yasak, that is, a tax that was collected from the peoples of Siberia and the North in furs.
Experts hope that all the letters can be preserved and deciphered without losing a single word of the historical document.
In total, since the beginning of archaeological excavations in Yakutsk in May of this year, more than 700 household items have been found, covering the period from the 17th century to the 1930s.
Source: rodina-history.ru
