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2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
Underground Moscow quarters, buildings, structures - is this all a cultural layer?
Manezhnaya Square. Archaeological excavations before the construction of the Okhotny Ryad shopping center. 1995 year.
Foundations of old buildings are visible
The remains of something white stone are at a decent depth
1995 This is also an excavation at Manezhnaya Square.
Excavations at the Manege
They did not bury all this, but created an underground museum:
Reconstruction of the original view of the territory of Manezhnaya Square
I had a post about this place here
Let's move on to other examples.
1983 Excavations in Istoricheskiy proyezd. The original foundations of the Resurrection Gate and the Iverskaya Chapel are visible.
Archaeological excavations on the territory of the Zaryadye park under construction:
Excavations in the same place
Such a decent layer of black soil under layers of abiogenic soil. Here they found a birch bark letter:
A birch bark letter dated to the end of the 14th century was discovered during excavations in Zaryadye. This is the text of the message, which refers to the author's unsuccessful trip to Kostroma. The very fact of the find delights historians, since this is only the fourth diploma in Moscow. But the most important thing is the text of the message, which deals with the author's unsuccessful trip to Kostroma. Someone, apparently having the right to do so, took from the business travelers first 13 bel, as the monetary unit was called in Russia, then another 3 bel, then another 20 and a half. And now historians are wondering what it was: debt repayment or levies?
Of course, there were more finds.
The treasure from the reign of Mikhail Romanov was discovered during excavations in the Zaryadye park. Silver coins and kopecks were found in a jug, as well as a flask and a large jug. In total - about 43 thousand coins, their total weight was more than 20 kilograms.
The Golitsyn chambers (10 Krivokolenny lane):
The Golitsyn chambers are the oldest of the buildings that still remain residential. Three stone buildings (the main building and two long side wings) with fragments of buildings from the late 17th - early 18th centuries made up the city estate. owned by P. F. Golitsyn
1976 Kolpachny Lane.
Finds in Pokrovka in our time
Historians attribute many "cultural" layers to the fire of 1812, when many buildings were destroyed and their fragments and brick debris and other soil were simply raked through the streets. But, as you can see, in most of the photographs, the soil is clayey and has nothing to do with construction waste.
PANORAMA OF MOSCOW 1867. Clickable.
Was the city rebuilt in 55 years? Or was there no destruction from the fire started by the French? At least global?
From previously published posts on this topic:
EXCAVATIONS IN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN
Of course, these may be cellars, but how to explain the burnt fence nearby?
ANCIENT QUARTERS OF MOSCOW. BECOMING UNDERGROUND
No one has ever explained how these underground quarters were built?
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