1905, Ekaterinoslav, 13th
Associated Dig: Saltovo Settlement
1908, Chernigov, 14th
1911, Novgorod, 15th
Vasilii Babenko is particularly interesting as he was a village school teacher who became an autodidact archeologist as a result of his discovery of an enormous cashe of Khazar culture. He was especially active in museum work, including these smaller ones: Museum of the IRAO, the Museum of the Moscow Archaeological Institute, and the Museum of Fine Arts and Antiquity at Kharkov University.