Count Aleksei S. Uvarov.

Count Aleksey Sergeyevich Uvarov (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Уваров; 28 February 1825 — 29 December 1884) was a Russian archaeologist often considered to be the founder of the study of the prehistory of Russia. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Russian archaeology begins in the Russian Empire in the 1850s and becomes Soviet archaeology in the early 20th century

Uvarov was the son of Count Sergey Uvarov, an influential minister of education. Count Sergey Semionovich Uvarov (Серге́й Семёнович Ува́ров (August 25 ( September 5) 1786 Moscow &ndashSeptember 4 (16 1855 Moscow He came to know the leading historians of the period, Mikhail Pogodin and Timofey Granovsky, from an early age. Mikhail Petrovich Pogodin (Михаил Петрович Погодин 1800-1875 was a Russian historian and journalist who dominated the national historiography between the Timofey Nikolayevich Granovsky ( March 9, 1813 – October 4, 1855) was a founder of Mediaeval studies in the Russian Empire He was educated at the universities of St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Heidelberg. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2006 over 140000 people live within the city's area After his father's death, he commemorated his name by instituting (in 1857) the Uvarov Prize, to be awarded by the Academy of Sciences to distinguished writers and historians.

Uvarov's activities as a field archaeologist began with visits to Rostov, Vladimir, Chernigov and other centres of Kievan Rus. Rostov (Росто́в Old Norse: Rostofa is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a city in Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway Chernihiv, also referred to as Chernigov (Чернігів Чернигов Чарнігаў is a historic city in northern Ukraine. Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Русь romanised: Kievskaya Rus', rusʲ also written as Kyivan Rus′ (Ки́ївська Русь or Kievan Starting in 1854, he excavated the Meryan-Norse settlement at Sarskoe Gorodishche. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Merya people (Меря also Merä) were an ancient Finno-Ugric people who lived in the regions of modern Russian cities of Moscow, Sarskoye Gorodishche or Sarskii fort (Russian Сарское городище literally "Citadel on the Sara" was a medieval fortified settlement in the Yaroslavl He summarized his findings in The Meryans and Their Lifestyle as Shown by Kurgan Excavations. Kurgan (курга́н is the Russian word (of Turkic origin for a Tumulus, a type of Burial mound or barrow heaped over a Subsequent expeditions took him to Pontic Olbia, Tauric Chersonesus, and Scythian Neapolis. Pontic Olbia or Olvia is the site of a colony founded by the Milesians on the shores of the Southern Bug estuary (Greek Hypanis) Scythian Neapolis was a settlement that existed from the end of the 3rd century BC until the second half of the 3rd century AD

Uvarov was a towering presence in the history of the Russian Archaeological Society. In 1864 he helped organize the Moscow Archaeological Society, of which he remained president until his death. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year During Uvarov's administration, the society would convene one time in three years at some ancient Russian town. More importantly in the long run, Uvarov contributed to the establishment of the State Historical Museum, with the intention of promoting national self-awareness. The State Historical Museum of Russia (Государственный Исторический музей is a Museum of Russian history wedged between

Although his judgement was not always accurate and his methods of research may appear amateurish to a modern observer, Uvarov's work greatly advanced knowledge of pre-Slavic cultures inhabiting the European part of the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Two volumes of Russian Archaeology in the Prehistoric Period contain his delineation of Eastern European prehistory.

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This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary ( Russian: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона (35 volumes small