CrimeaPRESS reports:
Initially, the commissioning of the facility according to the schedule was envisaged in December 2024. However, based on the results of additional archaeological surveys within the boundaries of the design solutions for the “Gardens and Park Facilities” object, archaeological elements were identified that are subject to museumification, in terms of changes in the routes of external utility networks, <...> which will entail an extension of the deadline for completing work on this object of the complex “ Khan’s Palace until 2025says the response to a TASS request, signed by Deputy Minister of Culture Olga Yakunina.
It is noted that archaeological research of the Khan’s Palace began in 2022 and is the largest in the history of studying the monument. Work is underway almost throughout the entire territory of the palace complex. To date, excavations have uncovered an area of more than 9 thousand square meters. m.
The scale of the work allows archaeologists to obtain information and record previously unknown structures of the complexnotes Olga Yakunina.
About the finds
Among the most interesting results of archaeological research are the ruins on the territory of the Persian Garden, including a bathhouse from the Khan period, and sections of the water supply and drainage system. On the territory of the Harem Garden, the remains of a building that was destroyed as a result of a fire that previously occurred during the campaign of the Russian Field Marshal Minikh to Bakhchisarai in 1736 were uncovered.
Yakunina also recalled that the ruins of one of the buildings are presumably identified as the Persian Palace, known from cartographic materials of the 18th century. Ceramics, smoking pipes, and coins from the period of the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were discovered.
The emerging collection of artifacts promises to become a benchmark for studying the history of Crimea during the Crimean Khanateemphasizes the Deputy Minister.
The found artifacts are at the stage of processing and systematization, after which they will be transferred for storage to the Bakhchisarai Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Museum-Reserve, which includes the Khan’s Palace complex.
The palace complex was built in the 16th century; its total area was previously more than 14 hectares, not counting the park; now it is no more than 4 hectares. It was the residence of the rulers of the Crimean Khanate in the 16th-18th centuries. The palace was looted and destroyed at various times. The winter palace, three of the four harem buildings, five marble baths have not reached our time, and palace utensils have been stolen.
Restoration work on the territory of the complex began in 2018; it was completed on 6 of the 16 objects of the complex. The total amount of financing is 3.593 billion rubles. Overall construction readiness is 72%.
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