{"id":9172,"date":"2026-07-25T14:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=9172"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:04:28","slug":"new-dendrochronological-data-on-the-dating-of-the-bratsk-ostrog-towers-1685","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=9172&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"NEW DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL DATA ON THE DATING OF THE BRATSK OSTROG TOWERS: 1685"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zakhar Yu. Zharnikov1,<\/sup>*, Maksim A. Glushenko2,<\/sup>**, Valeria V. Dzyuba1,<\/sup>***,\u00a0<\/strong>Valentin V. Barinov1,<\/sup>****, Maya O. Filatova3,<\/sup>*****, Anna V. Taynik1,<\/sup>******,\u00a0<\/strong>Oksana V. Naumova1,<\/sup>*******, and Vladimir S. Myglan1,<\/sup>********<\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/sup>Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
\n<\/em>2<\/sup>Bratsk United City Museum of the History of Exploring the Angara River, Bratsk, Russia
\n<\/em>3<\/sup>Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n

*E-mail:\u00a0zaxari1@yandex.ru<\/a>
\n<\/em>**E-mail:\u00a0Gromov_1@mail.ru<\/a>
\n<\/em>***E-mail:\u00a0dzyuba.vv@mail.ru<\/a>
\n<\/em>****E-mail:\u00a0vvbarinov@sfu-kras.ru<\/a>
\n<\/em>*****E-mail:\u00a0mayaphylatova@gmail.com<\/a>
\n<\/em>******E-mail:\u00a0ataynik@sfu-kras.ru<\/a>
\n<\/em>*******E-mail:\u00a0ovnaumova@sfu-kras.ru<\/a>
\n<\/em>********E-mail:\u00a0v.myglan@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/strong>history of Siberia, Modern times, Bratsk Ostrog, dendrochronology, archaeology of Russians.<\/em><\/p>\n

The article approaches the resolution of a long-standing debate around the construction date of the Bratsk Ostrog <\/em>(stockade town) towers. In 2010, a dendrochronological dating of the southwestern tower (no earlier than 1684) was published sparking controversy among researchers. To conclusively clarify this issue, a comprehensive study was conducted, encompassing all possible sources of information: historical and archaeological data, as well as dendrochronological materials from both structures. The research methodology was based on an interdisciplinary approach combining natural science and historical methods. As a result, the analysis of construction timber from the upper and lower tiers of the log frame, as well as internal structural elements of the southwestern tower, refuted the commonly accepted construction date of 1654. Furthermore, the assumption that the southwestern and northwestern towers of the Bratsk Ostrog were built at different time (as their construction techniques differ) was not supported. Dendrochronological analysis demonstrated that both towers were constructed simultaneously in 1685, which aligns with historical and archaeological evidence and confirms the validity of the earlier dendrochronological dating. The obtained results conclusively determine the construction period of the two surviving towers of the Bratsk Ostrog and open new avenues for research into the architectural history of Siberian fortifications.<\/p>\n

DOI: <\/strong>10.7868\/S3034577426010101<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zakhar Yu. Zharnikov1,*, Maksim A. Glushenko2,**, Valeria V. Dzyuba1,***,\u00a0Valentin V. Barinov1,****, Maya O. Filatova3,*****, Anna V. Taynik1,******,\u00a0Oksana V. Naumova1,*******, and Vladimir S. Myglan1,******** 1Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia 2Bratsk United City Museum of the History of Exploring the Angara River, Bratsk, Russia 3Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia *E-mail:\u00a0zaxari1@yandex.ru **E-mail:\u00a0Gromov_1@mail.ru ***E-mail:\u00a0dzyuba.vv@mail.ru ****E-mail:\u00a0vvbarinov@sfu-kras.ru […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8970,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9173,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9172\/revisions\/9173"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}