Anatoly Derevyanko
Anatoly Derevyanko — is a Soviet/Russian historian, archaeologist, scientist in the field of Siberian and Far East`s Paleolith; public man; Ph. D.
Anatoly was born in the workman`s family. In 1963 he graduated from Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University. Derevyanko is one of the youngest Doctors of Historical Sciences in USSR. He got a degree in 1971, being 28 years old, for his doctoral thesis «Amur River Region in Antiquity ».
Anatoly Derevyanko is the prize-winner of several awards, such as State Prize of the Russian Federation, The Demidov Prize, The Lomonosov Gold Medal.
Derevyanko has developed the new spatiotemporal version of initial ways of Asia`s settlement, created a periodization, chronology and dynamics of Paleolith in the region. He is the head of programme, which is dedicated to the compound research of paleolithic spelaean monuments in South Siberia and Central Asia.
Anatoly Derevyanko was the chancellor of Novosibirsk State University for two years.
