Necklaces Poltava Region, Ukraine 9th century Silver, lazurite, sard, rock crystal, mother-of-pearl, glass Belaya Vezha necropolis, Sarkel-Belaya Vezha The necklaces consist of various beads – round and bipyramidal from sard, flat from mother-of-pearl and lazurite, faceted rock crystal, and silver and gilt glass beads. Such ornaments were widely found in Ancient Rus and necklaces like this have been found in 11th-century Slavonic burials at the settlement of Belaya Vezha. In 965, the Russian Prince Svyatoslav captured the Khazar fortress of Sarkel and renamed it Belaya Vezha.