Archaeology of Russia
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
| 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
major archaeological cultures and sites in Russia- *Kermek
- *Bogatyri/Sinyaya Balka
- *Palaeolithic site Kostyonki
- *Sungir
- *Yana RHS
- *Afontova Gora
- Mal'ta–Buret' culture
- Khvalynsk culture
- Fatyanovo–Balanovo culture
- Novotitorovka culture
- Maykop culture
- *Maykop kurgan
- Yamna culture
- Afanasevo culture
- Abashevo culture
- Andronovo culture
- *Arkaim
- *Sintashta
- Srubna culture
- Tanais
- Pazyryk culture
- Tmutarakan
- Staraya Ladoga
- Rurikovo Gorodische
- Gnyozdovo
- Sarkel
Literature
- B. Trigger, A History of Archaeological Thought, McGill University, Montréal, pp. 327ff.
- Mikhail Miller, Archaeology in the U.S.S.R, New York.