Yakovlev University Students Take Part in Archaeological Excavations on the the Red Square in Cheboksary

The builders discovered an ancient burial place and the foundations of buildings during a large-scale reconstruction of the Red Square of the city of Cheboksary in early autumn. The renovation works were suspended and the archaeologists began their excavations.
The students of the faculty of history, management and law of Yakovlev Pedagogical University take part in the excavations under the supervision of experienced archaeologists.
It is supposed that the builders found the churchyard of the Annunciation Church and its monastery. The church was situated on this site until 1930.
The Red Square has been the center of the city's economic and craft life for many centuries. It was also the place for shopping stalls and houses of wealthy merchants, as well as the cemetery where famous citizens were buried.
The excavation on the Red Square occupies the area of 120 square meters. The archaeologists are sure that it is quite possible to find something unique and great. The anthropologist from Kazan was also invited to carry out a more complete and detailed study of the found human remains.

October 8, 2019
Photos from Sovetskaya Chuvashia