The relative chronology of the Middle Volga Abashevo culture

The article deals with the relative chronology of the Middle Volga Abashevsky culture. The author points out the contacts and relations with a number of cultures of the Middle Volga region, such as Volosovo, Atlikasy, Balanovo, and with the tribes of the Seym-Turbino phenomenon. The absolute dates for the Pepkino burial mound and the Yurino burial ground suggest that such contacts could have existed in the first quarter of the 2 000 BC.