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cross on the island, dating from the late 11th - early 12th centuries, which is evidence of the existence of a settlement here, presumably designed to protect the trade route from the
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work here. The archaeological site is regularly destroyed as a result of unauthorized excavations.
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have been periodically excavated since the 19th century; even though the site has suffered from
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knew about the island and used it for anchorage of ships and rest during numerous sea voyages.
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to Beloberezhye, where his troops spent the hungry winter of 971/972.
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visited it to gather information about the northern course of the
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in the 16th and 17th centuries. After the fall of neighbouring
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The control of the estuary (known in East Slavic sources as
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is shown to be located on the Berezan island (near Olbia)
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Archaeological excavations of Borysthenida on the island
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fishing off shore. Nevertheless, at the conclusion of
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41:Berezan Island as seen from a distance.
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449:The site of the Greek colony and its
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1085:Categories
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985:Miklagarðr
966:Bjarmaland
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778:Khortytsia
461:also from
451:necropolis
440:New Russia
406:Dorostolon
348:Varangians
211:Population
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972:Khortitsa
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457:(and the
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386:Byzantium
365:The only
325:Herodotus
278:Rybakivka
254:Black Sea
244:; former
234:Ukrainian
105:31°24.6′E
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78:Geography
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1035:Kylfings
1017:Súrdalar
1007:Særkland
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892:Timerevo
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299:and the
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83:Location
28:Березань
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990:Móramar
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885:Sarskoe
867:Álaborg
856:Lyubsha
843:Volkhov
830:italics
626:Rundata
600:Miletus
502:Gallery
485:Ochakiv
475:During
463:looting
455:erosion
436:Ochakov
375:Gotland
307:History
297:IA NASU
293:"Olbia"
274:Ochakiv
270:Ukraine
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246:Turkish
230:Berezan
170:Ukraine
102:46°36′N
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