
Stilskoe settlement - the megapolis of the ancient Slavs
2006, 19 min
National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2006.
Documentary film "Megapolis of the ancient Slavs" about Stilskoe settlement - the largest Slavic settlement in the territory of modern Lviv region.
On the video: scenes of reconstruction, views of caves in the Mykolaiv district of Lviv region; temple, various courses; territory of Stilskoe settlement, flora and fauna of the area, features of the area; local historians talk about the problem of preserving the historical and archaeological monument.
Comments: speleologist (speleological club "Cyclops") Oleksandr Derevyagin; archaeologist Orest Korchinsky; local historians Lyudmila Hryntsiv and Ivanna Fatsievich; schoolgirl (village of Stilskoe) Ivanna Lutsishyn.
Reference: Stilske city is one of the largest fortified settlements of the early medieval period in Ukraine, located in the Lviv region. In the 9th–10th centuries, a city with powerful earthen ramparts, caves, underground labyrinths, numerous residential and religious sites existed on an area of over 250 hectares. Archaeological research has shown a developed urban structure and pagan cult practices.