The historical museum was a presentation of new archaeological research Savior Cathedral

20 May Chernihiv Historical Museum named after VV. Tarnovsky regular meeting - Associate Professor of History and Archaeology Institute of History of Ukraine, Ethnology and law Chernihiv State Pedagogical University named after TG. Elena Shevchenko E. Chernenko. More than twenty years she worked Fellow - keeper of the archaeological museum collections. Do 2004 she defended her thesis for the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences, on which was written a monograph "The archaeological collection Chernigov Historical Museum named after VV. Tarnovsky (1896-1948's.)», published in the ninth issue of the museum's collection of scientific papers "Treasury Ukrainian culture".

Багато років знана дослідниця проводить археологічні розкопки на території Чернігівщини. Тема її виступу на зустрічі була пов’язана з архітектурно-археологічними дослідженнями у 2012 – 2013 years Transfiguration Cathedral and its chapels lost. According to the O.YE Chernenko, building church celebrated a kind of architectural technique, built by the Byzantine capital not members of the architectural school, and architects of the Caucasus. Most likely, zasnovnik Spas, Chernigov Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich, who was also governor Tmutarakan, invited them to Alanya or Abkhazia.

It was found, that construction of the temple is widely used building stone - sandstone from Novgorod-Seversky.

Excavations allowed confidently refute popular in Chernihiv legend of the existence of the underground floor Savior Cathedral, which arose on the basis of references to three large vaults seventeenth - early eighteenth century., constructed under the floor of the temple.

Studied under the guidance O.YE. Chernenko extension Cathedral in XI - XII century beginning. served as the burial place of representatives of Chernigov princely dynasties. Unfortunately, at the time of the decline of the city after the Mongol invasion of these tombs were destroyed and destroyed.

Results, obtained during the study of ancient architectural monuments of the city, aroused keen interest in attending the meeting, and in the discussion arose even new versions of findings. By the way, the most interesting of them in the exhibition "New archaeological research Chernigovschiny", and the entire collection is now stored in the museum collection.