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This article presents the results of a study of silver coins with the name of Khan Shadibek from Izmeri treasure from the collection of the Tatarstan National Museum (Russia). This treasure is interesting in that it contains golden Horde coins minted in 1402-1419. With the advent of Khan Shadibek, the monetary reform of the Golden Horde was carried out, which resulted in relative order of money circulation in the state. In the same period, the work of the mint in the Bulgarian settlement was restored. Mint "Bolgar...

The article presents the results of the examination of the fragments of cast-iron cauldrons found in the territory of the Kazan Kremlin, which date back to the period of the Kazan Khanate in the 14th-15th centuries. The examination of the samples of cast-iron cookware was carried out using the methods of scanning electron microscopy and optical emission spectroscopy. We analyzed the structure and the micro-trace composition of the samples of Kazan cast-iron and undertook its comparative study with the samples of B...