Aleksei P. Okladnikov: The Great Explorer of the Past. Volume I
A biography of a Soviet archaeologist (1900s - 1950s)
By (author) Aleksander K. Konopatskii Translated by Richard L. Bland Translated by Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
Paperback (Published)
(July 2019)
ISBN: 9781789692044
5.83 x 8.27 inches
Price: $40.00
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Aleksei P. Okladnikov (1908–1981), a prominent Russian archaeologist, spent more than 50 years studying prehistoric sites in various parts of the Soviet Union – in Siberia, Central Asia and Mongolia. This biography will appeal to archaeologists, historians, and anyone interested in the history of the humanities in the twentieth century.
Translators’ introduction (Richard L. Bland and Yaroslav V. Kuzmin Preface (Elena A. Okladnikova Aleksei P. Okladnikov and the archaeology of Asia: a brief overview (Yaroslav V. Kuzmin Academic archaeology in the USSR: science in the service of ideology (Yaroslav V. Kuzmin The Great Explorer of the Past: Academician A. P. Okladnikov – Pages of Biography (A. K. Konopatski) AppendicesG. M. Prashkevich, Novosibirsk, December 1976Literary GazetteZ. M. IbragimovaG. Solov’evaA. LobanovM. D. BrilliantO. M. AdamenkoG. A. PospelovaKarem RashA. P. OkladnikovA. P. Okladnikov Index, Translators’ introduction (Richard L. Bland and Yaroslav V. Kuzmin Preface (Elena A. Okladnikova Aleksei P. Okladnikov and the archaeology of Asia: a brief overview (Yaroslav V. Kuzmin Academic archaeology in the USSR: science in the service of ideology (Yaroslav V. Kuzmin The Great Explorer of the Past: Academician A. P. Okladnikov – Pages of Biography (A. K. Konopatski) AppendicesG. M. Prashkevich, Novosibirsk, December 1976 Literary GazetteZ. M. IbragimovaG. Solov’evaA. LobanovM. D. BrilliantO. M. AdamenkoG. A. PospelovaKarem RashA. P. OkladnikovA. P. Okladnikov Index
- By (author) Aleksander K. Konopatskii
- Translated by Richard L. Bland
- Translated by Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
'This biography of Okladnikov sheds light on both his adventurous life and Soviet archaeology in general, which is still little known in the West.' - Stephen Leach (2020): Antiquity
— Stephen Leach
'This biography of Okladnikov sheds light on both his adventurous life and Soviet archaeology in general, which is still little known in the West.' - Stephen Leach (2020): Antiquity
— Stephen Leach
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