Old East Slavic inscriptions

document written on pieces of the inner layer of birch bark

Inscribed stones in Belarus

the oldest book of Kievan Rus'

thumb|Archaeological artefacts from Gnezdovo kurgans thumb|Amphora with Cyrillic inscription thumb|Byzantine coins and Scandinavian jewellery from Gnezdovo Gnezdovo or Gnyozdovo () is an archeological site located near the village of Gnyozdovo in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia. The site contains extensive remains of a Slavic-Varangian settlement that flourished in the 10th century as a major trade station on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks.