Svitlana Bilyayeva ( uk, Світлана Олександрівна Біляєва; born 28 March 1946) is an

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, who specialises in the ancient and medieval history of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, the

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fr ...

and the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

Biography

Bilyayeva was born on 28 March 1946 in Dzaudzhikau in

North Ossetia North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

Career and education

She studied history at

Voronezh State University Voronezh State University is one of the main universities in Central Russia, located in the city of Voronezh. The university was established in 1918 by professors evacuated from the University of Tartu in Estonia. The university has 18 faculties ...

from 1964, graduating in 1969. From 1969 to 1981 she worked as a researched at the Institute of Archaeology in Ukraine. In 1978 she was awarded a Masters, with a dissertation on the archaeology of "South Russian lands in the second half of the 13th-14th centuries". From 1981 to 1987 she was the Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Archaeology. From 1987 to 1996 she was a senior researcher at the institute. In 2012 she was awarded a PhD in Archaeology for her research on "Relations between East Slavic and Turkic worlds in XIII-XVIII centuries". Since 2013 she was worked as a lecturer at the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

. She is Professor of History at

Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University ( uk, Уманський державний педагогічний університет імені Павла Тичини) is a Ukrainian university in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, in Central Ukraine ...

. Bilyayeva is on several academic and heritage boards, including: the Ukrainian UNESCO Committee, the editorial board for "Сходознавство" ("The Oriental Studies") published by NAS Ukraine,

Research

Bilyayeva has worked extensively on the excavations at Akkerman (

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...

) and synthesised archaeological and historical data from there. From 2006 to 2010 she was director of the Akkerman Fortress Project. She led excavations into a previously unknown 14th century Lithuanian city near the village of Tyaginka in the

Beryslav Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center for Beryslav Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hrom ...

region, which was sited upon the previous settlement of the Golden Horde. She has led research into the Tyagin fortress, which was the southernmost defensive structure of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. She has excavated and researched Ottoman monuments in the Ukraine, including at

Ochakiv Ochakiv, also known as Ochakov ( uk, Оча́ків, ; russian: Очаков; crh, Özü; ro, Oceacov and ''Vozia'', and Alektor ( in Greek), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the adminis ...

(Özü). File:Institute of Archaeology NASU.JPG, Institute of Archaeology NASU File:УДПУ - старий корпус.JPG, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State University File:Akkerman fortress.jpg, Akkerman Fortress File:Akkerman fortress (8786872706).jpg, Akkerman Fortress File:Ochakivs'kyi district, Mykolaivs'ka oblast, Ukraine - panoramio (8).jpg, Ochakivsky District Archaeology File:Ochakov-Gate-Kherson-fortress-3.jpg, Ochakov, where Bilyayeva also led investigations

References

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