Mechet

Mechet stood on the right bank of the Volga opposite the entrance to the Akhtuba, where the river route met the crossing toward the Don. The remains of a Golden Horde town here are known from the Mechetnoye archaeological site. Coins indicate a settlement from the late thirteenth century into the fourteenth, while evidence of a caravanserai points to its role as a stopping place on the lower Volga–Don route. Its cemeteries show a population with varied burial customs, reflecting the diversity of the Horde's river towns.