L. I. Ashikhmina’s contribution to the archaeological study of the Udmurt Pre-Kama region

The paper dedicated to the 85th birth anniversary of the renowned scientist Lidiya Ivanovna Ashikhmina analyzes her contributions to the archaeological study of the Udmurt Pre-Kama region. The chronology and geography of the expeditions with her participation are being reconstructed. In the late 1960s–mid-1970s, the ancient sites of the Pre-Kama region were the main object of study of the Nizhnekamsk archaeological expedition. The formation of L. I. Ashikhmina as a field researcher took place during these years, which was facilitated by her involvement in large-scale archaeological work from her student days, and the general atmosphere of intense scientific life, and the unquestionable authority of her scientific supervisor V. F. Genin. The professional background of the researcher includes the discovery and study of more than 30 archaeological sites in the Udmurt Pre-Kama region alone. L. I. Ashikhmina’s views on the development of the antiquities of the Pre-Kama region in the Late Bronze – Early Iron Ages have been adjusted over the past 50 years, but primarily due to the multiple increase in archaeological sources, they are still an important part of the history of archaeological study of the Pre-Kama region and, more broadly, the Volga-Kama region.