摘要：Malyi gorodok is a monumental architectural ensemble, located at the southern extremity
of the Bolgar fortifi ed settlement and dated by the second half of 14th c.; it was substantially,
but not fully studied during the digs of 1981–1984. In 2011–2015, the authors of this
article undertook a new fi eld research on the site, during which they completely cleared the
southern structure. The debris discovered belonged to an earlier unstudied stone structure –
a mausoleum with fi ve burials. The authors carried out another stratigraphic study of
fortifi cations to prove that the internal ditch was not accompanied by a wall, while the external
ditch was. Generally, the new data prove the fi ndings of 1980s, including the hypothesis that
the ensemble, or at least its north-eastern part, was meant for cult.
