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The Scythians, military Persian speaking nomads, came from Central Asia in the seventh century and captured the Black Sea region. In four hundred years this numerous population disappeared as mysteriously and quickly as it appeared on this territory, and left behind the legends about their courage and brutality, as well as numerous tumulus of its soldiers and tsars. This book is about the history of the Scythians in the Black Sea region, their culture and economy. Valerii Guliaev was the head of an archaeological expedition in the Middle Don for the last fifteen years. 134 illustrations, bibliography, indices.