Filippov Yu.
Okorokov A.
Abstract. The remains of five wooden ships were discovered as a result of a low water level in the fall of 2021 in the Nizhny Novgorod region, on the Vetluga river. The staff of the Nizhny Novgorod State Historical and Architectural Museum Reserve was an operational research of the finds. Preliminary studies have shown that the remains could have belonged to nonself-propelled vessels of the barge type used on the Vetluga River in the 19th - first half of the 20th centuries.
Key words: ship, barge, the Vetluga river, building of river vessels, archaeological finds, investigation of cultural heritage assets.
Filippov Yuri Vladimirovich,
D. in Education, Full professor,
General Director of the Nizhny Novgorod State Historical
and Architectural Museum Reserve (Nizhny Novgorod).
Email: rurik_fil@mail.ru
Okorokov Alexander Vasilievich,
D. in History,
Deputy Director for Science, Russian Scientific Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D. Likhachev (Moscow),
Full member of the Academy of Military Sciences,
Member of the Russian Geographical Society.
Email:info@heritage-institute.ru