OCHAKIV PAGES IN THE RESEARCHES OF DR. OLEG SUKHOBOKOV

Abstract

In 1997—2004 the outstanding Ukrainian scholar Dr. Oleg Sukhobokov took part in the campaigns of the International South Medieval Expedition of the Institute of archeology of NAN of Ukraine. Every year he was working on one of the important parts of the former fortress which in the Ottoman period was called Ozi fortress. In the result of research with an active participation of Dr. Sukhobokov the discoveries of exclusive meaning were made. First of all, the original part of the wall of the Ottoman fortress was discovered, which has been supported in the archives materials in Istanbul Prime Minister archive, fined by specialists in Turkology C. Finceln and V. Ostapchuk. The next one, was the discoveries of the architectural remains of Dashiv, known by written sources. Thanks to investigation of O.V.Sukhobokov, the part of the wall, made of stone, of an early period of fortification, builded by Great Lithuanian Prince Vitautas at the late 14^th—15^th century was descovered. The construction of this part of the wall take analogies on the other fortresses of this period, such as Tyagin in Kherson region and Moldavian Chetate Alba (Akkerman fortress later on by name).The early origination of the wall support the the findings «in situ» of sgraffito ware, which take numerous analogies among the artefacts in other monuments of the north Black Sea area, such as in Crimea, and dated of 14^th—15^th century. In the course of further excavation, the very interesting artefacts were fixed, such as ceramics, which take the analogies among the findings of the Middle Dnieper area.

One of the rarity of the collection is the complete set of bronze plates for belt which take analogies on the miniatures of 16^th century connected with the art of Seljuks and early Turks. The scientific activity of O. V. Sukhobokov in Ochakiv is one of the brilliant pages of his versatile achievements in the research of archaeology of Ukraine.