The All-Russian Scientific Conference “The Ananyino World: Sources, Development, Interrelations, Historical Destinies”

Abstract

The report on the conference, which was held in Bolgar (the Republic of Tatarstan) in November, 2012, and dedicated to the Ananyino cultural and historical community, is presented. A wide range of problems related to the final Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age in the forest-steppe zone of European Russia, the Urals and Western Siberia were considered. Special attention was paid to the intercultural relations of the time. The results of the latest research in the field, including broad historical and cultural generalizations, are presented. It was decided to publish the materials contributed, and to hold future similar conferences at 3-4- years’ intervals.

Keywords

• the Middle Volga river region
• the Bulgars
• scientific conference
• the Late Bronze Age
• the Early Iron Age
• the Ananyino cultural and historical community
• ethno-cultural interactions