Kyzlasov Igor Leonidovich

Bio

Education: Studied Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology in Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of History (1974); completed his postgraduate course at the Institute of Archaeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1977)

Mentors: A.V. Artsikhovsky, D.A. Avdusin, L.R. Kyzlasov, G.A. Fedorov-Davydov, S.A. Pletneva

PhD: Askiz culture of South Siberia. Origin and development (the 10^th–14^th  centuries) (1977). Academic Supervisor S.A. Pletneva

Doctoral Thesis (The Higher Doctorate): Runic scripts of Eurasian Steppe. Problems of source criticism (1990)

Key research interests: Archaeological typology; Archaeological Turkology (since Hun-Sarmatian period); Ancient and medieval history of architecture and urban development of Southern Siberia and Central Asia; Turkic runology and its epigraphy; Culture and ethnogenesis of the peoples of Southern Siberia and Central Asia; Historical linguistics (altaic) and archaeology; Northern (Siberian-Turkish) manichaeism

Other Professional Activities: Honorary Researcher of the Republic of Khakasia (2001), Honorary Professor of Bashkir State University, Honorary Professor of L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (since 2007); twice decorated as the laureate awarded "for his impact in Science in Kazakhstan" (2008); decorated with Wilhelm Thomsen Medal  by the International Turkic Academy for his research into Runic scripts (2018)

Archaeological Field Excavations in central regions of the European part of Russia, Siberia, as well as in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Bulgaria, etc. (since 1967); Head of Sayano-Altai expedition (1978–1992), Head of Khakasia expedition organised  by Republic of Khakasia (1993–2002), Head of Russian-Kazakhstan expedition organised by Gumilev Eurasian National University (2006)