Dynamics of the population interaction between steppe and foreststeppe zones in the first half of I millennium AD
The article deals with the dynamics of the interaction between nomads and the population of the forest-steppe region in the South Urals in II-IV centuries AD. Having analyzed archaeological and anthropological data, the author concludes the existence of economic and marital relationships in the early stages and a partial migration in its finale. Overall, the ethnic situation in the steppe was not changing dramatically in the period under review.