On the elevation where the Barishikha River once flowed, our ancestors built a city known as the 2nd Spas-Tushino Settlement more than eight thousand years ago, existing from the 7th century BC to the 13th century AD. Research conducted by specialists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and UGOIP Moscow under the guidance of A.G. Veksler uncovered traces of ancient inhabitants related to the era of the first iron tools and the Dyakovo archaeological culture.

The settlement occupies a small area of 60 by 20 meters. Nearby, there was a village likely used for the temporary economic needs of the settlement's residents.

In 1968, the settlement was first studied by R.L. Rosenfeld from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In subsequent years, archaeologists E.N. Machulsky, Ch.R. Kris, I. Balinsky, and N.A. Krenke continued the research. All work was aimed at preserving the settlement and its layers. Ceramic artifacts resulting from the economic activities of past centuries were found on the slopes and surface. In 1992, a geophysical survey revealed remnants of ancient structures. A small amount of pottery from the 12th-13th centuries was also found, which may indicate the use of the site by the Vyatichi in the Middle Ages. The settlement continues to hold its secrets, awaiting further research.

The Dyakovo culture is an archaeological culture of the early Iron Age that existed from the 7th century BC to the 5th century AD in the territories of modern Moscow, Tver, Vologda, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, and Smolensk regions. It is named after the Dyakovo settlement located in Moscow, in the Kolomenskoye museum-reserve.

The main occupations of the Dyakovo people were livestock breeding and hunting, while agriculture was just beginning to develop as a supplementary means of sustenance. The lifestyle of the Dyakovo people was modest, with rough hand-made pottery, bone, wooden, and stone tools predominating among the finds. Bronze was rare and mainly used for decorations. By the end of the culture's existence, in the 3rd century AD, bone and stone tools began to be replaced by iron, and pottery became more refined due to the influence of neighboring Baltic tribes.

The Dyakovo people lived in round semi-dugouts or houses of tubular or post construction. Several families living together formed a kin group of up to 200 people, who managed a common household and defended themselves from enemies. For safety, kin groups chose hard-to-reach locations protected by steep banks or ravines and built fortifications with palisades and ditches to hinder access to the settlement. Such settlements were called hillforts.