🧿 Troitsky dugout

Troitsky dugout is a long-running archaeological excavation in Veliky Novgorod, Russia. The site was first laid out in 1973 at the corner of today's Proletarskaya and Meretskov streets and took its name from the Church of the Trinity located 83 meters to the south; the spot was chosen amid planned landscaping for a nearby Victory monument. Fieldwork grew from an initial 320 m2 trench into adjacent areas, with more than 1,140 m2 examined by the late 1970s.