Contents

Archaeology

 J.N. Matviyishyna (Kiev, Ukraine), S.D. Lysenko (Kiev, Ukraine), A.G. Parhomenko (Chernihiv, Ukraine). Paleopedological Studies of the Bronze Barrows Age Near Bukovna Village in Subcarpathia

11

 S.N. Razumov (Tiraspol, Moldova), V.B. Pankowski (Kiev, Ukraine). The Middle Bronze Age Catacomb Grave and the Dice Set from the Lower Dniester Region

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 S.A. Yatsenko (Moscow, Russia). Notes on Planning of Ust’-Al’ma Necropolises in the Crimean Late Scythia

 Mikhail Treister (Berlin, Germany). Parthian and Early Sasanian “Imports” in the Burials of the Nomads of Eastern Europe (2nd Century BCE — 3rd Century CE)

118

 Michel Kazanski (Paris, France). Justinian I and the antiquities of the Italian Ostrogoths in the Crimea

211

 S.V. Ushakov (Simferopol, Crimea). The Study of Quarter XCVII in the North-East Area of Chersonesos in 2012—2015, the Main Results

221

Military History and Archaeology

 O.V. Vus (Lvov, Ukraine). Death of Decii. Defeat of the Roman Army Near Arbitus as the Culmination of the Scythian War of 250—251

237

 G.V. Baranov (Moscow, Russia). A Pommel of a mace with a bill-shaped protrusion from the Vinnytsia region

259

Christian Archaeology and Church History 

 A.A. Romensky (Sevastopol, Crimea). Miracles of the Bishops of Chersonesos in the Context of Early Christian Hagiographical Tradition

269

 V.V. Stepkin (Pavlovsk, Russia). Cave Digging Near the Malaya Znamenka Village of Taurida Governorate on 1870s 

279

 History

 E.A. Molev (Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia). On the Two Names of the Capital of Bosporus

287

 S.A. Ermolin (Moscow, Russia), N.N. Bolgov (Belgorod, Russia). Study of the Ethno-confessional History of the Late Antique Bosporus

296

 A.G. Emanov (Tyumen, Russia). “Caffa’s logos” of Schiltberger

310

 Apolon Tabuashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia). The Issue of Georgian Captives in the Crimea in the 18th Century

   310

 D.A. Prokhorov (Simferopol, Russia). Crimean Karaims and the Development of the Tobacco Industry in the Russian Empire from the Middle of the Nineteenth to the Early of the Twentieth Century

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Numismatics

 I.S. Prokopov (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria). “Bad-style” Coins or Imitation?

373

 M.M. Choref (Nizhnevartovsk, Russia). Nulla salus bello est, or Chersonesus under Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius: by Numismatic Data

388

 S.S. Filipova (Kyustendil, Bulgaria). Coins from Archeological Researches of Ancient Pautalia (Today Kyustendil)

415

 I.R. Ahmedov (Saint Petersburg, Russia), A.P. Gavrilov (Shilovo, Russia), M.M. Choref (Nizhnevartovsk, Russia). Treasure of Roman Coins of the First — Second Centuries from the Middle Oka River Basin

436

Historical Philology

 Basil Lourié (Perm, Russia). Syrian and Armenian Christianity in Northern Macedonia from the Middle of the Eighth to the Middle of the Ninth Century

461

Epigraphy

 V.P. Yailenko (Moscow, Russia). Historiography and Methods of Study of Ancient Greek Graffiti

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 Abbreviations

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 Submissions

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