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Boris Andriyovich Shramko ( uk, Борис Андрійович Шрамкo; 1921 – 8 July 2012) was a Ukrainian historian and professor of history. Excavations at ''Bilske Horodyshche'' (Більське городище) near the village of Bilsk (between Poltava and
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) in the Ukraine have led to suggestions by archaeologist Boris Shramko and others identifying it as the Scythian capital
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. It is strategically situated on the exact boundary between the steppe and forest-steppe.


Bibliography

* Мурзін В., Ролле Р., Супруненко О. Більське городище. – Київ-Гамбург-Полтава, 1999. – 104 с. * Шрамко Б.А. Крепость скифского времени у с.Бельск – город Гелон // Скифский мир. – К., 1975. * Шрамко Б.А. Бельское городище скифской эпохи (город Гелон). – К., 1987. – 182 с. * Більське городище в контексті вивчення пам’яток раннього залізного віку Європи. – Полтава, 1996. – 408 с.


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1921 births 20th-century Ukrainian historians People from Gomel National University of Kharkiv alumni 2012 deaths Soviet historians Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class {{Ukraine-historian-stub