Excavations in the historical part of the city of Yakutsk in 2023

In 2023, the Yakut Urban Unit ofthe Prilenskaya Archaeological Expedition from S.A. Fedoseeva Museum of Arctic Archaeology at the Arctic Research Center of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), assisted by specialists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of SB RAS, excavated the site "Cultural layer of the historical part of the city of Yakutsk in the 17th - early 20th centuries” in the land plot at the address: city of Yakutsk, Chernyshevsky st., 8/3. During the excavations, cultural layers with finds from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries were discovered. Numerousfinds included fragments offaience and porcelain dishes ofthe late 18th-19th centuries, which had stamps of the factories of Gardner, Meissen, Rachkin Brothers, I.D. Perevalov, and M.S. Kuznetsov. Similar finds of the 20th century had stamps of Kalinin factory in Konakovo and Dulevo porcelain factory. Other finds included fragments of window and door glass, glass products, fragments of pottery, glazed and molded ceramics, fragments of ceramic stove pipes, forged nails, brooms, as well as coins ofthe 18th-20th centuries, crosses, smoking pipes, toothbrushes, dice and chips, chess pieces, buttons, fragments of carved wood and birch bark utensils, fragments of wooden objects of unknown purpose, woman s glove, fragments of felt, rubber, and leather shoes with birch bark insoles, perfume bottles and stopper caps, axes, sledgehammers, wall holder for rainwater pipes, wooden cane, badges, horseshoes, and window mica fragments. During the excavations, numerous wooden structures were uncovered, including foundations and piles of wooden dwellings and utility buildings, khoton (cowshed), root cellars, ice cellar, blind areas, storm water drains, etc. This research was one of the largest archaeological excavations in the historical part of Yakutsk.