traditionally held. the houses are restored filled with exhibits, when the stone fortress on zhiravya mountainears in all its glory, it is difficult to imagine that in the 1970s this was an ordinary village on the road to pechory, not far from estonia, only dedicated people interested in ancient russia came here, so he came here at the head of an archaeological expedition ... sidov, who spent his entire life studying the ancient history of the slavs. in the tale of bygone years there is a famous story about how in 862 the slavs called three brothers to be written down. rurik sat as prince in novgorod, sinius on beloozero, and truvar in izborsk. it has long been known that there was a city here in ancient times. under catherine the great, they began to look for truvar's grave, this settlement was called truvar's. catherine the great sent archaeologists here, archaeologists, but all these were fragmentary excavations, real full-fledged archaeological research began only in 1971 under the leadership of valentin sidov, and the first finds that he made here in 1971 dated back to the 7th century. ar