VLADIMIR DMITRIEVICH KUBAREV Author: Ya. A. Sher On August 14, 2006, Vladimir Dmitrievich Kubarev, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the IAEg SB RAS, turned 60. He was born in the remote village of Borovlyanka, Altai Krai, in a peasant family. Vladimir Dmitrievich belongs to that rare class of people-nuggets who, without special education, sooner or later "find" themselves, completely devote themselves to their favorite business and achieve great success in it. In 1963, as a 17-year-old boy, after graduating from school ahead of schedule, he first enters the Altai Mountains as an employee of the Bertek high-altitude weather station. Then there was work on the picturesque Ak-Kem, where from the window of the weather station every morning you could see Belukha-the highest and most beautiful mountain in Altai. Here Vladimir Dmitrievich got acquainted with numerous ancient monuments and "fell ill" with them for the rest of his life. In Altai, the first meeting took place with Academician A. P. Okladnikov, who could not help but notice in the inquisitive young man intelligence, talent and a huge interest in archeology. Soon (in 1970) V. D. Kubarev joined the Institute of History, Philosophy and Philology of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences headed by A. P. Okladnikov as a laboratory assistant, and since 1973 he has been working independently as the head of the East Altai detachment of the North Asian Archaeological Expedition, which he still manages. V. D. Kubarev is one of those rare researchers who do not care much about their formal status. Until 1989, he did not have a higher education diploma. In absentia, he graduated from the pedagogical Institute and then graduate school. In 1998, not without friendly pressure from his scientific supervisor and Director of the IAEg SB RAS, Academician A. P. Derevyanko V. D. Kubarev presented his PhD thesis on the topic "Ancient Nomads of the Eastern Altai". However, the Defense Council, taking ... Читать далее