title: About Cremation Burials in the Middle Reaches of the Seversky Donets River
abstract: The article discusses the presence in the middle reaches of the Seversky Donets River the Khazar burials carried out by the rite of cremation, which are known upstream of the river, within the forest-steppe. Previously, the only such burial ground in this, steppe, territory was considered "burial ground 2" of the archaeological complex Mayaki. In recent years, the discovery of three more necropolises in the steppe zone has been announced. The mapping of the complexes of "burial ground no. 2" on 
journal: Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology)