From the history of studying Tyritake: D.S. Kirilin’s excavations in 1974
From the whole history of the research of the Tyritake the least known episode is connected with the security and rescue excavations of 1974, which were conducted by the employee of the Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum D.S. Kirilin. Excavations were conducted in the northwestern part of the site (excavations XXII and XXIII), where the leadership of the Kerch Iron Ore Plant planned the construction of a working canteen and a cafe «Tiritaka». Unfortunately, the report was not handed over to the archive, and only a brief information and some of the finds, handed over to the museum funds, were preserved on these rather large-scale works on the new site. Thanks to the album of illustrations found to the report of the Tyritake expedition of 1974, the authors managed to present the main points of the excavation of D.S. Kirilin. However, many important parts and details of these studies remain terra incognito without the text of the report.