In the capital of Kievan Rus', princely Kiev, almost 70 medieval hoards
have been discovered to date. The hoards published in this book
contained gold and silver jewellery of the ruling dynasty, nobility and
the Christian Church. They were unique to Kiev and their quantity and
magnificence of style cannot be matched by anything found either in any
other former city of Rus', or in Byzantium. Most of the objects has
never been published outside the former Soviet Union.