Vladimir Kuznetsov (archaeologist)

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (Владимир Александрович Кузнецов; 25 July 1927 – 5 May 2024) was a Russian archaeologist and historian. He specialized in the history of the North Caucasus.

Biography
Born in Pyatigorsk on 25 July 1927, Kuznetsov studied at Pyatigorsk State University, during which he took a trip to the Nizhny Arkhyz archaeological site. He went on to work for the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research.

Kuznetsov died in Mineralnye Vody on 5 May 2024, at the age of 96.

Publications

 * Rekom, Nuzal i Tsarazonta (1990)
 * Ocherki istorii alan (1992)
 * Nizhnii Arkhyz v X-XII vekakh: K istorii srednevekovykh gorodov severnogo Kavkaza (1993)
 * Les chrétiens disparus du Caucase: Histoire et archéologie du christianisme au Caucase du Nord et en Crimée (1999)
 * Les Alains : Cavaliers des steppes, seigneurs du Caucase, Ier - XVe siècles apr. J.-C. (2005)
 * Istoriia V Zerkale Paranauki : Kritika Sovremennoi etnotsentristskoi Istoriografii Severnogo Kavkaza (2006)