it is unlikely that carl siemens was a spy.now. why, despite the high demand and boom for porcelain tableware, karl's plant in the town was on the verge of bankruptcy. no, something is definitely wrong here. by the way, why did karl siemens choose this particular settlement to build the plant? the richest industrialist, a millionaire, who had the opportunity to buy estates anywhere in russia, suddenly chose khmelev and the town. what was so unique about this place, except that the ivoryak’s path to the greeks passed through it. and then we regretted that we had not asked this question to the region. town, it seems that we will have to look for specialists in veliky novgorod. contacted for consultation at the museum, and there we were advised to talk with archaeological scientists from the local university who were engaged in excavations in these places. we went to the university, where we met with sergei evgenievich toropov, director of the center for archaeological research. sergey evgenievich, first question, is it true? that