The monograph summarizes the results of archaeological research of ancient Kyiv from 1963 to 1978. The main attention is paid to issues of its origin, planning and development, mass Housing and public buildings of the 10th-13th centuries, fortifications, ancient Kyiv craft, dendrochronology, as well as cultural issues of ancient Kyiv. The publication is widely illustrated with photographs, graphic drawings, drawings. For specialists and everyone who is interested in the history of Kyiv.