Gennady Zdanovich

Gennadii Borisovich Zdanovich (Russian: Геннадий Борисович Зданович; 4 October 1938 – 19 November 2020) was a Russian archaeologist based at the historical site of Arkaim, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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Zdanovich led the excavation campaign at Arkaim in the Southern Urals.^[1]

In the archaeology of the Sintashta culture, he introduced the term "the Country of Towns".^[2] He was a proponent of an approach which seeks to unify archaeological and ecological approaches to the environment.

Zdanovich died on 19 November 2020.^[3]