Volyntsevo culture

In Kyiv, layers of the Volyntsevo culture of the middle of the 8th to early 9th century were found on Starokyivsky Hill and under the northern gallery of the Church of the Tithes.

Their emergence and movement of Slavic people was caused by the arrival of the Bulgars and Khazars, and their political alliances with the Byzantine Empire, on the detriment of the Antes.

[6] Volyntsevo populations built unfortified settlements and lived in semi-dugout type of houses equipped with mud-baked kilns.

[7] "The Volyntsevo culture has been related to the Slavic tributaries of the Khazar Qaghanate, described in the ancient Russian chronicle as Polyane, Severa, Vyatichi, and Radimichi.

"[8] In the first third of the 9th century, many Volyntsevo settlements, such as Khodosivka, Obukhiv, the Bytytsia, and the Volyntseve, suffered a period of destruction; signs of fires abound.

Komar put forward a hypothesis that the destruction may have been connected with the invasion of the early Rus' people from the left bank of the Dnieper.