🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Phanagoria — Kuban Delta Western Harbour Mole
Classical to Medieval (500 BCE – 1000 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Western Kuban mole of Phanagoria — timber-piled harbour at former river mouth, now silted 1–2.5 m in delta.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Patrai — Central Submerged Emporium in Kerch Strait
Archaic to Late Antiquity (6th c. BCE – 500 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Roman
Central strait emporium of Patrai — transshipment mole at 2–4 m in Kerch Strait handling grain toll.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Hermonassa — Northern Lagoon Harbour in Taman Bay
Archaic to Medieval Rus (550 BCE – 1400 CE) · Mytilenean Greek / Bosporan / Byzantine / Kievan Rus
Northern lagoon harbour of Hermonassa — rubble mole and timber causeway at 1.5–3 m in Taman lagoon.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Tsemes Bay Harbour at Novorossiysk
Archaic to Late Antiquity (550 BCE – 370 CE) · Sindian / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Submerged harbour of Bata — Classical mole at 3–8 m under Novorossiysk commercial port in Tsemes Bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Toricos — Southern Harbour at Toretae Cape
Archaic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE – 600 CE) · Toretae / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern harbour of Toricos — rubble mole and galley slipway at 2–4 m off Gelendzhik Tonkiy Cape.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Eastern Submerged Necropolis and Offshore Grave Terrace (Taman East)
Archaic to Late Antique (580 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
Eastern necropolis terrace of Kepoi in Taman Gulf east — 90 cist graves at –2 m and 60 m wall.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Porthmion — South Harbour at Chushka Spit South (Kerch Strait South Spit)
Archaic to Late Antique (580 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan
Southern spit harbour of Porthmion on Chushka South — 55 m piled quay at –1.8 m and guard mole.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Gorgippia — Central Harbour Quarter (Anapa Bay Central)
Archaic to Late Antique (550 BCE – 260 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Kingdom
Central city harbour of Gorgippia in Anapa Bay — 110 m quay at –2 m and salting vats.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Porthmion — Chushka Spit Harbour at Chushka North (Kerch Strait Chushka) — v2
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Chushka Spit ferry harbour of Porthmion at Kerch Strait — 100 m rubble causeway at –2 m with wheel ruts and customs quay 60 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern lagoon harbour of Maeotian Bata at Kuban Liman — 80 m timber quay at –1.5 m and fish weir.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern lagoon harbour of Maeotian Bata at Kuban Liman — 80 m timber quay at –1.5 m and fish weir.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Eastern roadstead of Toricos at Gelendzhik Tonkiy Cape — 60 m timber-stone quay at –3 m and roadstead anchors at –4 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Eastern roadstead of Toricos at Gelendzhik Tonkiy Cape — 60 m timber-stone quay at –3 m and roadstead anchors at –4 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Arkaim
Early Andronovo / Sintashta · Sintashta (Indo-Iranian)
Sintashta fortified proto-city (c.2150–1650 BCE) — swastika-shaped double-ring settlement 170 m diameter, 60 houses sharing wall, metallurgical furnaces in each house (copper and bronze), two…
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Phanagoria — Sennoy Southeast Submerged Street Grid
Archaic Greek to Late Antiquity (543 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan Greek
SE drowned insulae of Phanagoria — 3–4.5 m under Taman Bay with Hellenistic quay and workshop debris.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Staraya Ladoga – Russia's First Capital (Aldeigjuborg)
Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) · Slavic + Scandinavians (Rurik, Ladoga Varangians)
Staraya Ladoga – Russia's First Capital (Aldeigjuborg) in Leningrad Oblast, Volkhov District, Staraya Ladoga on Volkhov river, Russia is a Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) Slavic +…
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Gorgippia — Central Harbour Quarter in Anapa Bay
Classical to Late Antiquity (5th c. BCE – 238 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Greek
Central drowned harbour quarter of Gorgippia — quay and warehouse at 1.2–3.5 m under Anapa Bay central.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Southern Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf
Archaic to Medieval (580 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern ashlar harbour of Kepoi — 40 m ashlar quay at 2–4 m in Taman Gulf with warehouse behind.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Central Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf (Mid-Bay)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Central bay quay of Kepoi in Taman Gulf mid-bay — 100 m ashlar quay at –2 m and Aphrodite terrace at –1 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi – Submerged Aphrodite Colony
Archaic to Medieval (c.580 BCE – 10th c.) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
590 BCE neighbour to Phanagoria whose harbour quarter is now under Taman Bay.