«I have the Soul of a Nomad»

Anatoly Derevyanko

Anatoly Panteleevich DEREVYANKO is a leading Russian researcher in the field of archaeology and ancient history. The comprehensive expeditions he led helped discover over a thousand ancient settlements. The unique knowledge gained of the ancient history of Eurasia was summarized in more than 80 monographs and 700 papers published in 15 languages. Prof. Derevyanko is an outstanding initiator of humanities in Russia and Siberia and a manager of integrated projects, including those in history and culture of the Scythian civilization and paleoclimate of our planet. He is a founder and Editor-in-Chief of the book series Folklore memorials of the peoples of Siberia and Far East and of the international archaeological journal Eurasian archaeology, ethnography, and anthropology. Prof. Derevyanko is a foreign member of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, Associate Professor of the Arizona University, USA, and a member of the UNESCO Intellectual Club. In Russia, his achievements earned him the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, Order of Honor, Order of the 4th degree “For Service to Motherland”, and State Prize of the Russian Federation in research and engineering. In 2004, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. Derevyanko was awarded the Demidov Prize for his contribution to development of humanities in Russia and top-level discoveries in the field of Eurasian archaeology.

…The Demidov Prize means a lot to me. It is the most prestigious prize in Russia, and it is also known abroad. It is a beautiful tradition, and then, the selection of candidates has been tough ever since the beginning in the 19th century, and the award is less biased than any other. I am pleased to be in company with Guriy Marchuk, whose contribution to the mathematical simulation of various processes cannot be overestimated, and Vladimir Bol’shakov from the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a leading specialist in evolutionary and population ecology.

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