Askold Igorevich Ivantchik (russian: Аско́льд И́горевич Ива́нчик; born 2 May 1965) is a Russian historian. Receiving his Ph.D. in history in 1996, Ivantchik was made a Corresponding Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...
in 2003 and is Professor of History at
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
. Since 2009 he has been editor-in-chief of the ''
Journal of Ancient History
''The Journal of Ancient History'' (Russian: ''Вестник Древней Истории'', ''Vestnik Drevnei Istorii'') is a Russian bulletin founded in 1937. It publishes articles mainly on Ancient Orient, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and r ...
''. Ivantchik specializes in the study of the ancient Eurasian steppe nomads such as the
Cimmerians
The Cimmerians (Akkadian: , romanized: ; Hebrew: , romanized: ; Ancient Greek: , romanized: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people originating in the Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into West A ...
and
Scythians
The Scythians or Scyths, and sometimes also referred to as the Classical Scythians and the Pontic Scythians, were an Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern
* : "In modern scholarship the name 'Sakas' is reserved f ...
. From 2017 he is a editor-in-chief of the ''
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia
''Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal the ancient and medieval history and archaeology of the former Soviet Union. The editor-in-chief is Askold Ivantchik. The journal is published by Brill and ind ...
'' and foreign Corresponding Member of the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...
.
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1965 births
21st-century Russian historians
Academic journal editors
Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow State University alumni
Academic staff of Moscow State University
Scythologists
Living people
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