Alexey Pavlovich Okladnikov
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Portrait from the obituary of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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| Born | 20 September 1908 Konstantinovka, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 November 1981 (aged 73) Novosibirsk, Soviet Union |
| Fields | Archaeologist, historian, and ethnographer |
| Institutions | Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk |
| Known for | Expert in the ancient cultures of Siberia and the Pacific Basin |
| Influences | professor Bernard Petri |
| Notable awards | Hero of Socialist Labor (1978) |
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Full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
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Full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Alexey Pavlovich Okladnikov (Russian: Алексе́й Па́влович Окла́дников; 1908–1981) was a Soviet archaeologist, historian, and ethnographer, an expert in the ancient cultures of Siberia and the Pacific Basin. He was elected a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1968, and awarded the honorary title of the Hero of Socialist Labor (1978).
The childhood of the scientist has passed in Biryulka village in Siberia.
In 1938-1961, Okladnikov worked in the Leningrad Division of the Archeology Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Since 1961 Head of the Division of Human Research of the Economics Institute, Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Since 1966 Director of the Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy, Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Since 1962, Professor and Head, Department of History, of Novosibirsk State University.
His works include research on ancient history of Siberia, Far East, Mongolia, and Middle East. He identified numerous cultures of the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages in Siberia and the Far East.
A. P. Okladnikov taught field studies in Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia and Mongolia.
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