Волжская Булгария и Восток в XI – XII вв. (по материалам раскопок Остолоповского селища в устье реки Шенталы Алексеевского района Республики Татарстан)
Volga Bulgaria and the East during the 11th – 12th Centuries (Based on Materials of the Excavations at Ostolopovo Settlement in the Mouth of the Shentala Riverof Alekseevskii District of the Republic of Tatarstan)

Summary/Abstract: The paper considers the unique materials of archaeological research on a Bulgarian settlement near the village of Rechnoe in Alekseevskii district of Tatarstan (Ostolopovo Settlement). These are fragments of glazed ceramics, glass ornaments, ornamental stones, fragments of artistic metal bowls, and coins. All these items were carried to the settlement from the eastern countries (Iran, Central Asia, Egypt, and Syria). The findings were precisely dated, mostly within the limits of the 11th century. Such artefacts as a piece of the Egyptian perfume bottle dated to the 11th century, a set of iron plates from an amour of the same time are of particular interest. They are similar to other findings from Central Asia, being either very rare in the Bulgarian antiquities or found for the first time. These artefacts were brought to the settlement from Bilär, the great medieval city.

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