To the teacher''s anniversary: 55 years to Alexey Alekseevich Tishkin
The article is dedicated to the anniversary of the famous Russian archeologist Alexei Alekseevich Tishkin. The brief information about the basic directions of scientific activity of the hero of the day is given. The active life position and diversity of interests inherent to Aleksey Alekseevich made it possible to achieve significant results and make a contribution to the development of science. The jubilee successfully realizes itself, solving the problems of studying the cultures of Central Asia from the Stone Age to the developed Middle Ages and the introduction of the methods of natural sciences in humanitarian studies, dealing with the problems of preservation and popularization of cultural heritage. Based on the materials of the field work received during dozens of field seasons, he developed and justified a number of concepts that became the basis for studying the historical and cultural heritage of the nomads of Altai and contiguous territories. The results of Alexey Alekseevich's research are presented in more than 850 different publications in Russian, English, Mongolian, Kazakh, Chinese and Korean languages, including more than 20 monographs. A.A. Tishkin, being the head of the department of archaeology, ethnography and museology, makes a significant contribution to the training of scientific personnel. To date, he prepared more than 15 candidates of science, specializing in various areas of archeology and ancient history.