Archaeologist, teacher, mentor: on the 60th anniversary of Alexey Alekseevich Tishkin

Abstract

The article was prepared for the sixtieth anniversary of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Archeology, Ethnography and Museology of the Altai State University Alexei Alekseevich Tishkin. The paper presents some memoirs of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Regional Studies of Russia, National and State-Confessional Relations Petr Konstantinovich Dashkovskiy about the pedagogical and scientific activities of Alexei Alekseevich Tishkin. Particular attention is paid to the coverage of expeditionary activities and the main provisions of the cultural and historical concept of the development of the nomadic cultures of Altai in the era of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Attention is drawn to the fact that A. A., Tishkin considered the development of the Biiken, Mayemir, Pazyryk, Bulan-Koba, Turkic, Kyrgyz cultures, as well as the culture of the Mongolian time. Based on the systematization and analysis of grave goods from the burial complexes, which contained the most massive and representative material, the stages of formation and development were identified for each culture. The study of the features of the funeral rite made it possible to identify the ethno-cultural components of the population living in the territory of Altai in different periods. A. A. Tishkin also correlated the selected chronological periods with well-known historical events reflected in written sources that took place in Eurasia and to a greater or lesser extent influenced the history of the peoples living in Altai.