From the Excavation Diary: September 26, 1986 аccording to a report by Yuri Vladislavovich Klassen, a junior researcher at the City Museum of History and Local Lore, an ancient burial site was uncovered near the Soldatov Zaimka (homestead), close to the Tishinsky mine. The discovery was made in the eastern section of a pit wall by specialists from the "Leninogorsksvinetsstroy" trust during the construction of sewage treatment plants. A bulldozer bucket exposed the ancient grave, revealing protruding bones and metallic chainmail rings dangling from the cut of the wall. The depth of the find was determined to be two and a half meters from the surface. To conduct a detailed inspection of the discovery site and provide a conclusion, a group of senior students from School No. 8 was dispatched. Carefully, layer by layer, they removed the soil from the ancient grave. After examining the area and interviewing the construction workers and the bulldozer driver who had worked on this section, it was established that the ground removal for the pit had been carried out in May—five months before the burial was officially discovered. Throughout this time, the site had been exposed to weather conditions and human interference, which explains why the usual funerary items were not found.
