Abstract
The publication “Fortified manor of Balandy in the region of eastern Aral Sea” presents the results of one of the most striking monuments, that was a part of the small fortified settlements and big ancient settlements in a large number of unwalled villages. Fortified homestead Balandy, attributed by researchers to chirikrabatsk culture of III-II centuries BC, was the center of a small agricultural oasis, which was based on the trunk of one of the latitude channels of the ancient riverbed Syrdarya.