Preliminary results of study of a stavrographic collection of the Spassky cathedral necropolis (Kuibyshev, formerly Kainsk)

During the field seasons of 2019-2020, the department of rescue archeological works of IAET SB RAS carried out a research in the place of the Spassky Cathedral built in 1804 the town of Kuibyshev (Kainsk), in the territory of a wooden church, which had stood there before. In the course of work, a necropolis was found, which might have included burials built in earlier time, i.e. the period of a wooden cathedral functioning in the period of the last third of the 18th century. During the entire time of research, 1154 square meters were opened; the number of recorded burials was 489. The purpose of the article is to introduce, into the scientific discourse, structured information on the stavrographic collection, completed in the course of the research of this site. It includes a cross-crucifix and 253 pendants. While systematizing the collection, six pendants types were found, typical of similar collections of site of new time in the Western and Eastern Siberia. It is noted that the collection includes unique items having no iconographicparallels, but belonging to a certain type according to the form. That is why the authors' typology has more variants. A new type of a pendant was revealed, which has not been noted by researchers before. The authors concluded that this collection is distinguished by a variety of shape forms, rare iconographic plots, such as the image of crucifix, the Instruments of Christ's Passions, the Holy Face. Overall, the collection is dated to the end of the 18th to the 19th centuries.