Andreev D.A., Kantorovich A.R. In Honor of the Jubilee of Nataliya Vadimovna Ryndina, Professor at the Section of Archaeology of the History Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract: In this jubilee essay the author presents the main scientific and pedagogical contributions of the prominent Russian scholar Nataliya Vadimovna Ryndina, professor at the Section of Archaeology of the History Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University. N. V. Ryndina graduated from the Section of Archaeology of the History Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1958, worked from being a research assistant to becoming a full-tenured professor, became a Candidate of Historical Studies in 1967 and a Doctor of Historical Studies in 1994. N. V. Ryndina advanced the topics of metallurgy and the jewellery-making craft in Medieval Great Novgorod. N. V. Ryndina is currently studying the cultures and societies of the Bronze Age Balkans, Danube Delta, Near East, Caucasus and other regions. She is also the head of the metallographic laboratory at the Section of Archaeology and is examining the general questions regarding the history of Ancient metallurgy. N. V. Ryndina has created a unique databank of nonferrous metal microstructure probes. She is also the author of about 150 scientific and educational works, she directed the Trypillian expedition from 1977 to 1986, and was the research advisor for 35 students, 11 graduate students and 2 Doctors of Historical Sciences. N. V. Ryndina was bestowed with the honorary title of “Distinguished Professor of Moscow University” in 2015.

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