The Black Grave (Ukrainian: Чорна могила, romanized: Chorna mohyla) is the largest burial mound (kurgan) in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
[1] During excavations undertaken in 1872–73, Dmitry Samokvasov uncovered two cremated bodies of Norse [citation needed] warriors (probably father and son), surrounded by slaves, sacrificial animals, arms, armour, and decorations.
Samokvasov dated the burial to the late 10th century, when Vladimir I was the ruler of Kievan Rus.
Arranged near the bodies were two helmets and knee-length chain mail (hauberks), probably extracted from the pyre, as well as a cauldron with ram bones, two sacerdotal knives, two golden Byzantine coins, an imported sabre, a miniature dark-red bronze idol of Thor, and two silver-bound aurochs horns decorated with floral motifs, fabulous animals, and figures of a man and a woman shooting at a bird.
The Black Grave along with the rest of the reserve is the major tourist attraction in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine.