Садиби-двори рядових мешканців Копиревого кінця

On the territory of ancient Kyiv from the end of the 10th century are fixed numerous farmsteads and separate mansions, which belonged to princes, boyars, merchants, artisans and ordinary inhabitants, formed separate residential and economic complexes, which included both residential and various outbuildings, usually surrounded by fence. Construction of this area begins with the construction of a fortified farmsteads at its highest point — on the Sichovyh Striltsiv St., 12 (beginning of the 11th century). After that, down the slope — on the land on the Kudriavska St., 24A there is a significant number of production facilities that served the needs of the inhabitants of the boyar farmstead. Ferrous iron smelting and processing were carried out here, there were facilities for drying sheaves, a smokehouse, as well as a tar pit. At the next stage, most flammable industries disappear in the middle of the 11th — first half of the 12th century and in this area there are separate farmsteads of ordinary inhabitants, whose main occupation was a variety of crafts: iron processing, bronze casting, making various things from bronze, possibly making jewelry.