Shakirov Zufar Gumarovich

Senior Research Associate of the Medieval Archaeology Department of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

Shakirov Zufar Gumarovich (September 7, 1977, Kazan) – Archaeologist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Expert in the Medieval Archaeology of the Volga-Ural Region. Senior Research Associate of the Medieval Archaeology Department of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Historical Department of Kazan State Pedagogical University (History, Teacher of History and History of Religions) in 2000. In 2000-2004, he studied at the postgraduate school at the National Center for Archaeological Research of the Sh. Mardzhani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences under the supervision of F.Sh. Khuzin. From 2000 to 2005, he worked as a specialist and leading specialist of the Archaeological Surveillance Department of the Office for the Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Kazan. In 2005, he became a Research Associate at the Museum of Archaeology of the Republic of Tatarstan, and since 2006 he worked as a Research Associate and Acting Academic Secretary at the National Center for Archaeological Research of Sh. Mardzhani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. In 2012 he defended a Candidate’s Thesis “The Neighbouring Area of Bilyar in the 10th-15th cc. (Settlement Structure, Resource Potential)” with a specialty “07.00.06 – Archaeology”. In 2014-2015, he was a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Medieval Archaeology, and a Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.  From late 2015 to 2018 he was Head of the Medieval Archaeology Department of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.

Zufar Gumarovich has been a member of archaeological expeditions at Bilyar settlement and in its neighbouring area since 1996, and participated in excavations at a number of sites in the historical center of Kazan, Alekseevsky, Arsky, Zelenodolsky Districts of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Island of Sviyazhsk. Since 2008, he worked as an expert in cultural values – archaeological materials. He is the author of over 100 publications.

Since 2012, he has worked as an Assistant, Associate Professor (concurrently) at the Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University.

Member of the Academic Council of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Expert Council of the Bilyar Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve, Expert Stock Commission of the Museum of Archaeology of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Academic interests: archaeology and history of Volga Bolgaria, the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate, archaeology of the modern period.

Titles and Awards:

Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan for a Great Contribution to the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (2010); Letter of Gratitude from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport of the Republic of Tatarstan. Badge “For Achievements in culture” of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (2016) for the support of projects by students-archaeologists and local historians on the study and popularization of the historical heritage of the Republic of Tatarstan and the development of youth initiatives (2015).

Scientific Grants:

DZN-2009 – “Study of the Central Trans-Kama Region: Natural and Cultural Landscape of Bilyar Monocentric Agglomeration” (2009, contractor);

RFBR Grant (Project No. 07-06-00169) “Primeval Man and the Natural Environment in the Volga-Kama Region: Methodological Aspects of the Reconstruction of Nature Management and Economic Activity (2007-2009, contractor);

Grant of the Republican Competition of Young Scientists of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences “Antiquities of Bilyar and its Surroundings on the Basis of the Materials of Archaeological Collections” (2010, project manager);

Grant of the President of the Russian Federation for State Support of the Leading Scientific Institutions of the Russian Federation No. NSh-7170.2016.6. “Processes of Urbanization and Urban Planning in the Volga Region (10th – 16th cc.)” (2015-2016, contractor).

Main Scientific Works and Publications:

Main monographs:

Nogmanov A.I., Salikhov R.R., Sitdikov A.G., Shakirov Z.G. Historical and Cultural Atlas of the Laishevsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan. – Kazan: “Foliant” Publ., 2014, 100 p.

Textbooks and study guides:

Shakirov Z.G. Methods of Recording in Archaeology. – Kazan: Kazan Federal University, 2015, 114 p.

Articles:

  1. Shakirov Z.G. The Ethnic Composition of the Population of the Surrounding Area of Bilyar (on the Basis of Ceramic Materials) // Historical Origins, Experience of Interaction and Tolerance of the Peoples of the Cis-Urals. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Izhevsk, 2002, pp. 236-238.
  2. Shakirov Z.G. Collection of Spherical Cones from Bilyarskoye II Village // Issues of the Ancient and Medieval History of the Middle Volga Region. Proceedings of the Second Khalikov Readings. May 29-30, 2002, Kazan, 2002, pp. 172-174.
  3. Sitdikov A.G., Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Archaeological Studies of the Mardzhani Mosque Complex in 2001 // Tatar Suburbs of Kazan: Essays on History. Kazan, 2002, pp. 12-21.
  4. Shakirov Z.G., Valiev R.R. New archaeological information on the development of the Island of Sviyazhsk in the Middle Ages // Scientific Tatarstan. Humanities Series. Kazan: “Fen” Publ., 2009, No.2, pp. 103-111.
  5. Shakirov Z.G. Archaeological Studies in the Building of the Arsenal of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin in 2007-2008 (Preliminary Report) // Issues of Archaeology and History of Tatarstan: Collection of Articles. Issue 1. Kazan: “RITs Schkola” Publ., 2009, pp. 59-65.
  6. Sitdikov A.G., Shakirov Z.G. A 17th Century Inscription Tombstone from the Excavations of the Kazan Kremlin // ARCHAEOLOGIA ABRAHAMIKA: Studies in the Field of Archaeology and Artistic Tradition of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Moscow: “Indrik” Publ., 2009, pp. 385-394.
  7. Sitdikov A.G., Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. The Early History of the City of Arsk / / Arsk Area: Current Issues of Studying the Historical and Cultural Heritage. Kazan, 2010, pp. 5-15.
  8. Shakirov Z.G., Khuzin F.Sh., Sitdikov A.G. Summary of the Results of Archaeological Studies in the Territory of Arsk Settlement in 2006-2008 // Arsk Land: Current Issues of the Study of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Kazan, 2010, pp. 24-30 + 12 p. of color inserts.
  9. Askeev I.V., Valiulina S.I., Galimova D.N., Ermolaev O.P., Melnikov L.V., Rogova T.V., Sitdikov A.G., Shaikhutdinova G.A., Shakirov Z.G. The Central Trans-Kama Region: Natural and Cultural Landscape of Bilyar Monocentric Agglomeration // Proceedings of Kazan State University. Humanities Series. 2010, Vol. 152, Book 3, Part 1. pp. 53-63.
  10. Shakirov Z.G. New Data on the Archaeology of the Island of Sviyazhsk // Sviyazhsk Readings. Collection of Conference Papers. Issue II – Sviyazhsk; Publishing Department of the Virgin Monastery of Raifa, 2010. pp. 23-36.
  11. Sitdikov A.G., Shakirov Z.G., Bulygin A.I. Hoards from the Kazan Kremlin of the Khan’s Period // Medieval Turkic-Tatar States. Collection of articles. Issue 2. Kazan: “Ikhlas” Publ., 2010, pp. 309-316.
  12. Shakirov Z.G. Excavation 43 in the Inner City of Bilyar // Issues of Archaeology and History of Tatarstan: Collection of Articles. Issue 2 / Executive Editor Prof. F.Sh. Khuzin. Kazan: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, 2010, pp. 65-74.
  13. Shakirov Z.G. Russian Coins with Arabic Inscriptions in the Hoards from the Kazan Kremlin // Numismatics of the Golden Horde. Collection of scientific articles, Issue 1, Kazan: “OOO Foliant” Publ., Sh. Mardzhani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2011, pp. 82-84, photo tables 2-3.
  14. Shakirov Z.G. Excavation 43 in the territory of Bilyar settlement (preliminary report) // The Ural-Volga Region in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 5th Khalikov Readings. Series “Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes”. Issue 11.  Kazan: “OOO Foliant” Publ., Sh. Mardzhani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2011, pp. 284-291.
  15. Shakirov Z.G. The Issue of the Stages of Development of the Bilyar Area in the Bolgar-Tatar Period // Bulletin of the Tatar State University of Humanities and Education. 2011, No. 3 (25), pp. 137-141.
  16. Paltseva D.Yu., Shakirov Z.G., Khudyakov A.V. Bone Household Items of the Medieval Population of Bilyar // Philology and culture. 2012, No.1 (27), pp. 208-215.
  17. Shakirov Z.G. The Neighbouring Area of Bilyar in the 10th-15th cc. (Settlement Structure, Resource Potential) / Abstract of a Candidate’s Thesis.  Kazan, 2012, 27 p.
  18. Shakirov Z.G., Matveev R.V. Antiquities of Bilyar and its Neighbouring Area on the Basis of Materials from Archaeological Collections // Issues of Archaeology and History of Tatarstan: Collection of Articles. Issue 3 / Executive editor Prof. F.Sh. Khuzin. Kazan, 2012, pp. 26-36.
  19. Paltseva D.Yu., Shakirov Z.G. Bone and Horn Articles of Medieval Bilyar // Issues of Archaeology and History of Tatarstan: Collection of Articles. Issue 3 / Executive editor Prof. F.Sh. Khuzin. Kazan, 2012, pp. 37-65.
  20. Shakirov Z.G., Valiev R.R., Sitdikov A.G. The Urban Development of the Suburbs of Sviyazhsk (on the Basis of Excavations Materials of 2008) // The Volga River Region Archaeology. 2012, No.2, pp. 184-210.
  21. Shakirov Z.G. History of Studying the Archaeological Monuments in the Surrounding Area of Bilyar Settlement // Proceedings of the Kama Archaeological and Ethnographic Expedition. Issue 8: Archaeological monuments of the Volga region and the Urals: contemporary studies of the issue of preservation and museumification: collection of research papers / under the general editorship of A.M. Belavin; Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Perm, 2012, pp. 276-283.
  22. Paltseva D.Yu., Shakirov Z.G., Khudyakov A.V. Items of Armament and Outfit of Bilyar made of Bone // Philology and culture. 2012, No.4 (30), pp. 324-330.
  23. Makarova, E.M., Afanasieva, A.O., Shakirov, Z.G. Comprehensive Study of an Individual in Paleoanthropological Practice (on the Example of the Remains of a Man from the Churchyard of Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery) // Philology and Culture. 2012, No.4 (30), pp. 309-315.
  24. Shakirov Z.G. Objects of Pre-Regular Urban Development of Sviyazhsk Posad in the 18th c. (on the Basis of the Archaeological Studies of 2006-2010) // Towns of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Archaeology, History. Proceedings of the 4th All-Russian Seminar. November 2011 / Editor I.G. Burtsev. Tula, 2013, pp. 228-241.
  25. Shakirov Z.G., Mirsiyapov I.Yu., Akhmetgalin F.A. Burials in the Territory of the Assumption Monastery of Sviyazhsk // Current Issues of Russian Archaeology: Collection of Articles, Issue 1, – Kazan: Center of Historical and Archaeological Research, 2014, pp. 54-62.
  26. Shakirov Z.G. Medieval Surrondings of Bilyar: Methodology of Studying the Settlement Structure and Resource Potential // The Volga River Region Archaeology. 2014, No.2, pp. 37-48.
  27. Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Anthropogenic Factor in the Dynamics of the Forest Fund of the Volga-Kama Region of the Middle Ages // Proceedings of the 4th (20th) All-Russian Archaeological Congress in Kazan. Vol. 3, Kazan: “Otechestvo” Publ., 2014, pp. 346-349.
  28. R.R. Valiev, A.G. Sitdikov, Z.G. Shakirov Archaeological survey of wooden remains from 16th-19th century Sviyazhsk // Terra Sebus: Acta Musei Sabesiensis, Special Issue, 2014, pp. 305-329.
  29. Zufar G. Shakirov and Farid A. Ahmetgalin Necropolises and Burial Sites on the Island of Sviyazhsk Case Study of Archaeological Data // Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol 8, No 4, 2015, pp. 194-201.
  30. Shakirov Z.G. Settlements in the Area of Medieval Bilyar // International Field School in Bolgar. Collection of Proceedings of the Final Conference. Kazan, Bolgar, 2015, pp. 356-361.
  31. Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Architectural Monuments of Pre-Mongol Bilyar // Islam and Turkic World: Problems of Education, Language, Literature, History and Religion: Proceedings of the 8th International Turkological Conference (Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, Elabuga, April 22, 2016) / Executive Editor A.Z. Nigamaev.  Kazan: Kazan University, 2016, pp. 69-71.
  32. Gubaidullin A.M., Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Fortification of the “Great Town” of Bilyar / A.M. Gubaidullin, F.Sh. Khuzin, Z.G. Shakirov // The Volga River Region Archaeology. 2016. No. 1 (15). pp. 223-234.
  33. Shakirov Z.G., Matveev R.V. Studying the complex of the Balinguz mausoleums // Medieval archaeology of the Volga-Ural region: a collection of scientific papers for the 65th anniversary of F.Sh. Khuzin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Kazan: Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2016, pp. 97-100.
  34. Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Muslim Town on the Middle Volga: Pre-Mongol Bilyar / F.S. Khuzin, Z.G. Shakirov // Proceedings of the Congress on Islamic Archaeology of Russia and the CIS Countries. Kazan: Institute of Archaeology of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2016, pp. 275-287.
  35. Shakirov Z.G., Khuzin F.Sh. Issues of Studying the Monuments of the Golden Horde Period in the Territory of Bilyar Settlement and its Surroundings / Z.G. Shakirov, F.Sh. Khuzin // “Dialogue of Urban and Steppe Cultures in the Eurasian Space. Historical Geography of the Golden Horde”: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference dedicated to the Memory of G.A. Fedorov-Davydov / Editors S.G. Bocharov, A.G. Sitdikov. Kazan; Yalta; Chisinau: Stratum Plus, 2016, pp. 145-149.
  36. Shakirov Z.G., Bezdudny V.G. Application of Remote Methods of Identification of Ancient Objects and the Correlation of their Results with Excavation Materials (on the Example of Bilyar Settlement) / Z.G. Shakirov, V.G. Bezdudny // Ethnoses and Cultures of the Ural-Volga Region: History and Contemporaneity: Materials of the Jubilee 10th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists / Executive Editor A.T. Akhatov. Ufa: Institute for Ethnological Studies, Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016, pp. 225-228.
  37. Zufar G. Shakirov, Dilyara N. Shyamuratova The use of fish remains as a marker of urban social status: issues and results (based on material from medieval Bilyar) / SMIA 2016: Benchmarking Interdisciplinary in Archaeological Research – Book of abstracts, XII Nordic Conference on the Application of Scientific Methods in Archaeology. Moesgård Museum, Aarhus, Denmark. December 13-14, 2016. pp. 29-30.
  38. Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Volga Bolgaria and the Nomadic World // 3rd International Congress of Medieval Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes “Between East and West: The Movement of Cultures, Technologies and Empires” / Executive Editor N.N. Kradin. A.G. Sitdikov. Vladivostok: “Dalnauka” Publ., 2017, pp. 289-293.
  39. Khuzin F.Sh., Valiulina S.I., Shakirov Z.G. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BILYAR ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION: RESULTS AND ISSUES OF GREAT TOWN INVESTIGATION // The Volga River Region Archaeology. 2017. No. 2 (20), pp. 8-27. The Volga River Region Archaeology. 2017. No. 2 (20). pp. 8-27.
  40. Khuzin F.Sh., Shakirov Z.G. Molded Ceramics of Bilyar: Issue of the Early Date of the Great City (on the Basis of Materials from Excavation 44 of 2015-2016) // 5th (21st) All-Russian Archaeological Congress. Collection of Scientific Works. – Barnaul: Altai State University, 2017, pp. 1103-1104.
  41. Shaimuratova D.N., Shakirov Z.G. Bone Remains of Fish as an Indicator of the Level of Town Welfare (on the Basis of the Materials of Medieval Bilyar) // 5th (21st) All-Russian Archaeological Congress. Collection of Research Papers. Barnaul: Altai State University, 2017, pp. 1146.
  42. Gubaidullina A.V., Shakirov Z.G. Products made of Ornamental Stones in the Territory of Bilyar Settlement (on the Basis of the Materials of Works Conducted in 2015-2016) // 5th (21st) All-Russian Archaeological Congress. Collection of Research Papers. Barnaul: Altai State University, 2017, pp. 295-296.
  43. Khuzin F.Sh., Valiulina S.I., Shakirov Z.G. 50th Anniversary of Bilyar Archaeological Expedition: Results and Problems of Studying the Great City // Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes. No.1, 2017. Kazan: “Kazanskaya Nedvizhimost” Publ., 2017; Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2017, pp. 10-23.
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