THE HISTORIC CITY CENTRE OF YAROSLAVL IN THE PRE-MONGOLIAN PERIOD ACCORDING TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA
This paper presents an overview of several years of archaeological excavations in the historic city centre of Yaroslavl, which were carried out by the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2014- 2017. As the results of this comprehensive archaeological study data have been obtained which clarify the scant written records from historic sources concerning the period of the city founding, its ancient topography - including the location of its earliest stone-built church and the Ducal Court - as well as the events which occurred in Yaroslavl during its ransacking by the forces of Batu-Khan in 1238.