Этнос в чужом окружении. Славяне на территории хазарского каганата

Ethnos in а foreign surroundings. The Slavs at the territory of the Khazarian khaganate

Abstract

In 1968 the Author of this paper made short lasted excavations at the Slavic settlement near the present-day village Bogoyavlenskoe, Lower Don area. The settlement was destroying by a contemporary construction and that explains a short excavation period. The results were summarized and published in a brief article with some errors (Flyorov, 1971).

Now, the artifact from Bogoyavlenskoe settlement and other settlements among Lower Don area are precisely used (fig. 1: 1). The house type construction is their common characteristic – semi-pit dwellings with stone ovens and pottery with Slavic features. The chronological frame of the settlement is 9^th century. To Author’s opinion speaking about the problem and reasons for the Slavs penetration in the Khazarian khaganate is premature.