DAVID LAZAREVICH BRODYANSKY - 75 YEARS OLD Author: A. P. Derevyanko, V. E. Medvedev, E. I. Derevyanko, V. I. Molodin In 2011, David Lazarevich Brodyansky, a prominent scientist and educator known primarily for his remarkable discoveries in the Russian Far East, turned 75. Archaeologists of this region, as well as Siberia, know him well as a Sinologist, Doctor of historical sciences, professor at the Far Eastern Federal University. D. L. Brodyansky was born in 1936 in the family of a communications officer. In 1954, D. L. Brodyansky graduated from school in Nikolaev, went to work as a locksmith, and in 1957 entered the Department of Chinese History of the Eastern Faculty of Leningrad State University. The lessons of outstanding Leningrad scientists determined the subsequent life of a novice researcher. In 1962, under the guidance of A. P. Okladnikov, D. L. Brodyansky defended his thesis on Longshan culture, graduated with honors, and at the invitation of the rector of the Far Eastern State University B. N. Kazansky came to Vladivostok, where he has been working since September 1962. D. L. Brodyansky invested a lot of effort in the revival of Oriental studies at the university. In 1973, on his initiative, an archaeological and ethnographic museum was created at the university. D. L. Brodyansky remained the only archaeologist at the university for 17 years; all the archaeologists currently working there, and indeed most of the Vladivostok archaeologists, are his former students. A student of Academician A. P. Okladnikov and a long - term member of his expeditions, D. L. Brodyansky in 1963-1966 studied a whole series of ancient monuments in Primorye, including the Oleniy settlement, a multi - layered settlement in Krounovka. He discovered and excavated the settlement of Sinyi Gai A., a settlement with the oldest foundry on Petrov Island, and the multi-layered monument Rudanovskoe gorodishche. In 1987, David Lazarevich discovered the unique Boisman II monument, where t ... Читать далее