Varangians on Dnipro route: a study of 10-12th century metal finds

The Dnieper trade route in the 9th-13th centuries was a meeting place for different peoples and their cultures. A prominent place among them was occupied by varangians, people from Scandinavia. It is now clear that the process of collecting information about finds related to this era is far from complete. The publication offers the results of a similar study of 14 products made of non-ferrous metals, including fragmented ones. They were selected from the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum in Trypillya. The dating of most of the analyzed products falls on the 10th century, the period of the formation of the state with its center in Kyiv. The concentration of finds around the Dnieper route confirms the information of chronicles and other sources about trade activity and its participants in the region during this period. The samples contains elements of both men's and women's costumes, which stood out noticeably against the background of local traditions. These things have analogues both in Scandinavia and on the Baltic Sea coast. The presence of natural impurities of As and Sb, which distinguishes these samples from the metal used in northern Rus, is interesting. The main result is obtaining information to supplement the database on the chemical composition of products from the Rus period.