title: International Scientific Conference “Archaeology of the Ancient Rus: Issues and Discoveries” (the 100th Anniversary of D.A. Avdusin’s Birthday) (Moscow, November, 22–24, 2018)
abstract: The article contains review of reports submitted to the international conference. The mee­ting topic was attributed to broad academic interests of D.A. Avdusin (i.e., the greatest scholar dealing with the Ancient Rus archaeology, researcher of Gnezdovo archaeological complex and medieval Smolensk). Several topics (such as ancient Russian exequies, initial phases and methods of urbanization of various areas, regional and international relations, trade route generation, social and political aspect
journal: Russian Foundation for Basic Research Journal Humanities and social sciences