The Main Information About Scientific Activity Institute of Archaeology Named After A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences in 2019

The article introduces the main results of the scientific activity of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences in the year of its 5th anniversary. The Institute is a leading academic scientific institution in the field of archaeology in the Volga region. In 2019, excavations were performed at 16 archaeological heritage sites in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Volga region and other regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the Republic of Mongolia. The Institute has held 14 scientific conferences, workshops and schools, 11 international and 3 All-Russian events. The organization publishes two academic scientific journals. As a result of an analysis of publishing activity completed by SCImago, the scientific journal The Volga River Region Archaeology published by the Institute was included in the Q2 quartile. The second scientific journal of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov “The Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes” was included in the list of peer-reviewed publications of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation in 2019. The recognition of the Museum of Archaeology of the Republic of Tatarstan as a safekeeper of the heritage of regional academic archaeological science reflected in the inclusion of the Museum of Archaeology of the Institute in the Register of Museums of the Russian Federation in March, 2019.