Archaeologic research in 2014 to spot the site of the battle and winter stay of Ermak’s squad at the vicinity of lake karachinsk

About the author:

Natalia P. Matveeva, Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Professor, Department of Archeology, History of the Ancient World and the Middle Ages, Head of Research Laboratory of Archeology and Ethnography, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen; nataliamatveeva1703@yandex.ru

Abstract:

This article presents the study of controversial issues of Ermak’s campaign in terms of archeology. The results of field studies at Karachinsky island, including the excavation of first Russian explorers’ dugout, and the information on the discovery of the battlefield of Ermak’s troop and Tatar army by scattered buckshot of gun tools of the XVI-th century, are revealed in the article.

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