population in the Oka River area can be seen in the Supruty hoard that contained a
richly decorated snaffle-bit, made on Gotland (Duczko 2004 : fig. 58 ). During the
Viking Age Oka was an important waterway leading to the rivers Don and Desna. Only
Figure 38. 3 Scandinavian finds from the area of the Upper Volga: 1 , 3 Medveditskoe; 5 Pekunovo;
2 , 4 , 7 Bezhitsy; 6 Supruty (from articles by Islanova et al. 2005 ).–– Fjodor Androshchuk––