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Who was the fortress in Gnezdovo built to protect against? What was stored in the giant pit that archaeologists discovered this year? How many fires were there in the central settlement and why do we know so little about its history after 150 years of studying Gnezdovo? We discuss the excavations of the central settlement of Gnezdovo in 2024 with their supervisor, candidate of historical sciences, senior research fellow at the Department of Archeology of the Faculty of History of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov Mikhail Olegovich Zhukovsky. Materials mentioned in this issue: History of Gnezdovo. Sergey Kainov. Daylight surface • History of Gnezdovo. Sergey Kainov. Diary... History of the study of Gnezdovo. Tamara Pushkina. Daylight surface • History of the study of Gnezdovo. Tamara Pushkina... Problems of radiocarbon dating. Elya Zazovskaya. The Homeland of Elephants #265 https://rodinaslonov.ru/anatomiya-nau... Archaeological news of Gnezdovo. Vasily Novikov. The Homeland of Elephants #133 https://rodinaslonov.ru/tematicheskie... News of the Gnezdovo archaeological expedition. Vasily Novikov. The Homeland of Elephants #206 https://rodinaslonov.ru/tematicheskie... In search of the Gnezdovo port. Veronika Murasheva • In search of the Gnezdovo port. Veronika... 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Gnezdovo is one of the most important points on the Route from the Varangians to the Greeks 04:08 The central settlement - the Gnezdovo fortress, why has it still not been fully studied? What secrets and questions does it hold? 13:30 Why is the hypothesis of the classic archeologist Avdusin that there were burial mounds on the site of the settlement considered untenable by modern experts? 21:20 When did Gnezdovo arise, when was the fortress built? Is it true that the settlement stood unprotected for a long time? How is all this connected with dating problems? 44:35 The version about the existence of an early fortress on the western side of the settlement and its verification by excavations in 2024. 48:18 What kind of huge pit from the 10th century did archeologists find and what was it used for? 58:33 How were the fortress walls of the settlement arranged and when did they arise? 01:03:50 Summary – history of the Central settlement of Gnezdovo 01:13:46 Graphic reconstruction of the Central settlement 01:22:11 The problem of the functioning of the portage in Gnezdovo Proshloe map https://proshloe.com/map/ Proshloe bookstore https://shop.proshloe.com/ Did you like the material? Become a subscriber to the Proshloe magazine and support our projects: https://proshloe.com/donate / proshloe_rodinaslonov Become a sponsor of the channel, and you will get access to exclusive bonuses. More details: / @proshloejournal Our resources outside of YouTube: https://proshloe.com/ https://vk.com/proshloe_com https://zen.yandex.ru/id/5d67b74cdfa9... https://t.me/proshloejournal