Archaeological Report on the Western Palace of Prince Volodymyr in Kyiv, 2008-2013

19 burials from a 9th-10th century ground cemetery were discovered beneath the site of the Western Palace of Prince Volodymyr in Kyiv. The report details excavations from 2008 to 2013 by the Starokyivska expedition of the Institute of Archaeology NAS of Ukraine, uncovering structures from the 10th to 17th centuries. It documents the palace's dimensions of 52.80 by 22.60 meters and evidence of its destruction during the Mongol-Tatar invasion of 1240.

Use Cases

• Analyzing medieval burial practices based on the 19 discovered burials from the 9th-10th centuries.
• Studying the architectural layout and construction phases of a princely palace based on the described walls, galleries, and foundation ditches.
• Investigating settlement continuity and destruction events based on evidence of fire and rebuilding from the 11th to 13th centuries.
• Examining post-medieval land use based on the described 16th-17th century manor house and 18th-19th century basement.

Strengths

• Report is based on multi-year archaeological fieldwork conducted from 2008 to 2013.
• Provides specific spatial data, including the palace dimensions of 52.80 m by 22.60 m.
• Documents a stratified sequence of occupation from the 9th to the 19th centuries.

Limitations

• Data is presented as a 63.8 MB PDF report; structured, machine-readable data is unavailable.
• Column-level documentation for any underlying excavation records is absent.
• The report is highly site-specific, focusing on a single location in Kyiv.

Provenance

Source

Starokyivska expedition Institute of archaeology NAS of Ukraine

Collection Method

Archaeological excavation and analysis.

Time Range

Excavations conducted 2008-2009, 2012-2013; site covers periods from the 9th to 19th centuries.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 19:15:51.

Geography

Desyatynnyi Lane, Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine.