Publication and study of an early series of burials of the Alanian burial ground Klin-Yar III near Kislovodsk. With rare exceptions, traces of secondary penetrations were noted in burials in order to neutralize the buried. The author identifies two types of post-grave rites: actually neutralization by violating the integrity of the skeletons; moving some or all of the bones from one burial to another. Post-grave rites are a widespread phenomenon in many cultures. The author offers a critical review of several dozen burial grounds of tribes of Eastern Europe from the Volga to the Dnieper and Crimea with signs of neutralization of the buried.