The seal of Vladimir Monomakh was first discovered in the Kaliningrad region

Employees of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IA RAS) discovered the seal of Vladimir Monomakh while excavating a medieval Prussian settlement called Privolnoe-1 in the Kaliningrad region. This was announced on Wednesday, August 10, by the press service of the organization. According to archaeologists, this find is evidence of the presence of cultural and political ties between the inhabitants of the settlement and Ancient Russia in the 12th century.

The monument “Selishche Privolnoe-1” was discovered in 2016 by the expedition of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The researchers managed to establish that in this place from the 11th to the beginning of the 13th century there was a Prussian settlement, whose inhabitants traded with the regions of both Western and Eastern Europe.

“The found grand ducal seal, as well as the seal of Monomakh’s grandson, Prince Vsevolod Mstislavich, discovered in 2016 in the same settlement, indicate that in the Middle Ages there were ties between the Prussians and Ancient Russia that went far beyond ordinary trade relations,” the researcher emphasized. IA RAS Yaroslav Prasolov. “Important state and diplomatic documents were sealed with such seals, they were addressed to people who held a high position in the medieval society of the Prussians.” The scientist added that such finds testify to close contacts between different peoples in the 12th century and open a new chapter in the history of the region.

According to information received from archaeologists, on the front side of the seal there is a bust image of St. Basil of Caesarea – this is the heavenly patron of the Kyiv prince. On the reverse side of the seal there is an inscription, which the researchers deciphered as “Lord help your servant Vasily” (the spelling of the original source is preserved).

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