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 two Neolithic burial grounds were explored during many years of excavations - the only ones to date in the entire Russian Far East. D. L. Brodyansky participated in the excavation of dozens of monuments from the Paleolithic era to the Middle Ages: Osinovka, Ustinovka I, Luzanova Sopka, Lidovka, Vetka II, Sergeyevka I, Gvozdevo-4, Ajax, Kraskinskoye, Maryanovskoye, Nikolaevskoye II hillfort, temple on Kopyto Hill, Kraskinskoye burial ground, etc. He also worked in the Amur region on excavations of the settlements of Polce and Malaya Gavan. In 1969, D. L. Brodyansky defended his PhD thesis on " Southern Primorye in the era of metal development (II-I millennium BC)", and in 1995-his doctoral dissertation on "Neolithic and Paleometal of Southern Primorye".

Among the most significant achievements of D. L. Brodyansky is the identification of the Sinegai culture of the Bronze Age and the Anuchin paleometallic culture, the creation of a new one.

systematic descriptions of the Poltsevo monuments of Primorye, substantiation of the synchronicity of the Yankovsky and Kronovsky cultures. The scientist described the ancient houses with kans, singled out the Amur-Manchurian archaeological province. In 1969, D. L. Brodyansky, together with A. P. Okladnikov, developed the concept of the formation of the Far Eastern focus of ancient agriculture, and in 1985, together with the hydrobiologist V. A. Rakov, a hypothesis about the existence of the oldest aquaculture in Primorye.

For many years, D. L. Brodyansky has been studying the art of Primorye. His books ("The Art of ancient Primorye (Stone Age - paleometal)", "Myths, Ancient Intelligence in the fossil art of Primorye", "Ancient Art and its researchers") and many articles are devoted to this topic. Teaching at the university prompted the scientist to create a series of textbooks: "Stone Age", "Archeology of Primorye". Together with N. G. Artemyeva, the book "Man. Culture. Society: from birth to the threshold of civilization", which is extremely important for organizing the educational process of students-historians of the Far Eastern State University.

Since 1980, on the initiative of D. L. Brodyansky, the series "Pacific Archeology" has been published, within the framework of which 20 issues have been published. More than 100 authors have published works on the archeology of the Russian Far East, China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, and America. In 1996, D. L. Brodyansky's monograph "Archeology of Primorye" was published in Seoul. 40 studies of the scientist have been published in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. David Lazarevich is the author of more than 400 works.

Students and colleagues of D. L. Brodyansky highly appreciate his works and discoveries in the field of archeology of the Asian regions of Russia. Archaeologists of Siberia and the Far East wish David Lazarevich good health, long years of life filled with creative search, and the implementation of his plans.