Анотація:
The main results of the research of cultural layers preceding the building of Desyatynna Church on its site and the area around it are presented. New materials on the history of Kyiv in the pagan times were obtained: a dwelling and a stove of the 8th c. have been studied under the temple; full cut of a ditch of Ancient Kyiv hill-fort was completed; new graves and barrow ditches of the 10th c. burial ground were recorded; ceramics of Romny culture was found, and objects of Trypillya and Zarubynetska cultures were uncovered.