Russian archaeology begins in the Russian Empire in the 1850s and becomes Soviet archaeology in the early 20th century. The journal Sovetskaya arkheologiya is published from 1957.
Archaeologists
edit| Name | Born | Died | Specialization | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksey Uvarov | 1825 | 1884 | ||
| Dmitry Samokvasov | 1843 | 1911 | ||
| Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin | 1843 | 1923 | ||
| Nikodim Kondakov | 1844 | 1925 | ||
| Fyodor Uspensky | 1845 | 1928 | ||
| Nikolay Veselovsky | 1848 | 1918 | ||
| Alexandr Spitsyn | 1858 | 1931 | ||
| Vasilij Gorodtsov | 1860 | 1945 | ||
| Boris Farmakovsky | 1870 | 1928 | ||
| Michael Rostovtzeff | 1870 | 1952 | ||
| Sergei Rudenko | 1885 | 1969 | ||
| Mikhail Artamonov | 1898 | 1972 | ||
| Boris Grakov | 1899 | 1970 | ||
| Artemiy Artsikhovsky | 1902 | 1978 | ||
| Mikhail Gerasimov | 1907 | 1970 | ||
| Alexey Okladnikov | 1908 | 1981 | ||
| Boris Piotrovsky | 1908 | 1990 | ||
| Boris Rybakov | 1908 | 2001 | ||
| Leo Klejn | 1927 | |||
| Vladimir Masson | 1929 | 2010 | ||
| Viktor Sarianidi | 1929 | |||
| Valentin Yanin | 1929 | |||
| Anatoly Kirpichnikov | 1929 | |||
| Yelena Kuzmina | 1931 | |||
| Boris Marshak | 1933 | 2006 | ||
| Evgeny Chernykh | 1935 | |||
| Mark Shchukin | 1937 | 2008 | ||
| Pavel Dolukhanov | 1937 | 2009 | ||
| Dmitry Machinsky | 1937 | 2012 | ||
| Gleb Lebedev | 1943 | 2003 | ||
| Natalia Polosmak | 1956 |
Sites
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major archaeological cultures and sites in Russia
- Mal'ta–Buret' culture (Upper Paleolithic)
- Khvalynsk culture (Eneolithic)
- Fatyanovo–Balanovo culture (Chalcolithic)
- Novotitorovka culture (Early Bronze Age)
- Maykop culture (Early Bronze Age)
- Yamna culture
- Afanasevo culture (Early Bronze Age)
- Abashevo culture (Bronze Age)
- Andronovo culture (Middle to Late Bronze Age)
- Srubna culture (Late Bronze to Iron Age)
- Tanais (Late Bronze to Iron Age)
- Pazyryk culture (Iron Age)
- Tmutarakan
- Staraya Ladoga (Viking Age)
- Rurikovo Gorodische
- Gnyozdovo
- Sarkel (9th century)
Literature
edit- B. Trigger, A History of Archaeological Thought, McGill University, Montréal, pp. 327ff.
- Mikhail Miller, Archaeology in the U.S.S.R, New York (1956).