Craniological series obtained from the Ust-Ishim burial grounds allowed us to characterize the anthropological appearance of the medieval population of the southern taiga zone of the Middle Irtysh region. Judging by indirect data, in the V-XIII centuries there lived tribes similar to the low-faced Mongoloids, whose presence can be traced in the composition of the population of the forest-steppe of Western Siberia in the Early Iron Age. In addition to the predominant West Siberian anthropological layer, a very small Mongoloid admixture of the South Siberian appearance is recorded. However, in general, the Ust-Ishim population can be correlated with the Tobol-Irtysh group of populations of the Ob-Irtysh anthropological type of the West Siberian race. Among the modern ethnic groups, the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars are closest to the Ust'ishimtsy, so the role of the Middle-century population in their racial genesis is indisputable. Keywords: Western Siberia, Middle Irtysh region, Middle Ages, Ust-Ishim archaeological culture, anthropological type, racial-genetic processes. Introduction The problem of studying the anthropological composition of the population of Western Siberia during the Middle Ages is a key one for understanding the genesis of modern ethnic groups in this region. It was then that the formation of the anthropological image of groups correlated with certain ethnolinguistic communities took place. Paleoanthropological studies are also important for solving general questions about the history of ethnocultural formations, especially those whose source of information is mainly archaeological data. The study of new paleoanthropological sources from the southern taiga part of the Irtysh region will allow us not only to outline the direction of racial and genetic relations of the ancient population, but also to determine the degree of participation of medieval populations in the formation of the physical appearance of modern Turkic-speaking groups in the Middle Irtysh ... Читать далее