valentin sidov, after he excavated the ancient city, could have organized excavations in any point ofountry, but he did not. you know, when this... collection ended, well, he dug up all the thefts, and he could have dug the surroundings there, something else, but he said, you know, to me, he said, i would like to find the same monument, so that it would be the same beautiful place, and the same wonderful monument, yes, that is, here a combination of both natural beauty and some kind of extraordinary location, that's how much there is in this archaeological monument, in this ancient settlement, everything... is contained, but he also admitted that it is probably difficult to find something like that, yes, because this feeling of some kind of, well, an open shrine, something very serious, he certainly had it, at the same time as sedov's expedition , restorers began working in izborsk, they were working on ancient icons in churches on the territory, near the fortress, in 1974, students from the repin institute, the academy brought the art to practice. young art critic yuri bobrov, now an

valentin sidov identifies burial grounds around, finds stone crosses that differ from the pskov ones. expedition acquired such a scale that in the mid-to-late 1970s, these were already the largest archaeological excavations not only in the european part of the country, but in europe as a whole. few of his colleagues managed to completely excavate the entire city. actually, sidov discovered ancient izborsk, founded by the slavic krivichi, who... moved from the south. the main part of sidov's archaeological collection is in the depository, one of the best in russia. the russian historical society, a lot of scientists, researchers, and i, of course, am in a hurry, and i'm just saying that we keep the state passport to this territory, that is, sedov's expedition, it proved that this is ancient russian land from time immemorial, in huge quantities we... century izborsk had already become a large medieval city, where crafts and trade were developed, it was divided into two parts: there was a detinets, where representatives of the authorities lived, and a trading post, where craftsmen lived,

valentin sidov identifies burial grounds around, finds stone crosses that are different from those inov. his expedition acquired such a scale that in the mid-to-late 1970s, it was already the largest archaeological excavation, not only in the european part of the country, but in europe as a whole. few of his colleagues managed to completely excavate an entire city. actually, sidov discovered the ancient izborsk, founded by the krivichi slavs, who moved from the south. the main part... state passport for this territory. valentin sidov found out that in the 20th century izborsk had already become a large medieval city, where crafts and trade were developed. it was divided into two parts: there was a detinets, where representatives of the authorities lived, and passad, where craftsmen lived. when the german and swedish crusaders colonized estonia and latvia in the early 13th century, izborsk became an outpost. the border was only 20 km away. izborsk periodically took enemy attacks. in the early 14th century. the fortress was moved from truvorovo, the settlement to a new place, zhiravye,