The monograph examines the funeral traditions of the population of the Polotsk land in the early Middle Ages. The main source of research is the materials of archaeological excavations of burial mounds and the first temples. Various aspects of the rite of cremation and inhumation are shown, issues of the relationship between the pagan and Christian worldview are touched upon, funeral equipment is classified. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between the forms of the funeral rite and the socio-political and ideological shifts that took place on the territory of the Polotsk land in the 10th-12th centuries. Designed for archaeologists, historians, local historians, museum workers, teachers and all those who love ancient history and are interested in the material and spiritual culture of our ancestors.