🚶 Varyazhskaya Street and the Rurik and Oleg Monument

Старая Ладога, Варяжская ул.

A village street along the Volkhov with wooden houses and front gardens — the main street of Staraya Ladoga.

The monument to Rurik and Oleg by Oleg Shorov opened in 2015; it was chosen from 38 competition entries.
In the sculpture, Oleg is a warrior with a sword and shield, while Rurik is portrayed as a civilian.
Excavations on Varyazhskaya Street found shards of Middle Eastern lustre pottery from Mesopotamia in layers from the early 10th century.
In the same place archaeologists found a 10th-century birch-bark scroll with a drawing of a boat.
The falcon on Staraya Ladoga's coat of arms recalls both a bronze plaque with a bird found in the excavations and the trident of the Rurikids.

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