A Word about Rustem Sultanovich Gabyashev

Abstract

The article contains reminiscences about Rustem Sultanovich Gabyashev (1941-2010), an outstanding Kazan archaeologist, researcher of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic in the Volga-Kama region A colleague of the researcher narrates about his career and characterizes his most striking personal qualities.

Keywords

• R.S. Gabyashev
• the Volga river region
• Kazan
• history of archaeology
• studies of the Volga-Kama Neolithic