Valiev Renat Rafailovich

Valiev Renat Rafailovich (December 5, 1980, Balykly-Chukaevo village of the Tatar ASSR) – Archaeologist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Expert in Medieval Archaeology of the Middle and Lower Volga Regions. 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 Faculty of History, Tatar Philology and Foreign Languages of the Tatar State University of Humanities and Education in 2003. In 2005-2014 he worked at the National Center for Archaeological Research of the Institute of History named after Sh. Mardzhani of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences as a Researcher, Research Associate and Senior Research Associate. Since 2010, he concurrently worked as Head of the Center for the Study of Bolgar Civilization of the Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve. In 2006, he graduated from the postgraduate school of the Institute of History named after Sh. Mardzhani of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences under the supervision of F.Sh. Khuzin, and defended a thesis “Leather and Shoemaking Industry of the Khan Kazan” in 2010. He is the author of over 40 scientific works. Since the period of studying at the graduate school (since 2004), Renat Rafailovich has participated and conducted independent field archaeological studies in the Kazan Kremlin and the historical part of Kazan; studies in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan include Nizhnetaganskoye II settlement (2008), Kurkulskoye II settlement (2008), the Island Town of Sviyazhsk (2008), Syukeyevskoye I ancient village “Mazarki” (2009), Bolgar settlement (2010- 2013), Starokuibyshevsky complex of monuments (since 2014); studies in the territory of Russia comprise Selitrennoye settlement and the monuments located in the delta of the Volga river (2005-2009, 2013-2014) and the historical part of Saint Petersburg (2010). Since 2014, he has conducted surveys and archaeological excavations of the monuments located within the impact area of Kuibyshev reservoir in the Spassky District.

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

Scientific grants: The Grant of the President of Russian Federation for the Leading Scientific Schools of Russia No. NSh-7170.2016.6. “Urbanization and Urban Development Processes in the Volga Region (10th – 16th Centuries)” (2015-2016, contractor)

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

Main Scientific Publications:

1. Valiev R.R. Studies of the Northern Tower and the Adjacent Wall of the Kazan Kremlin (on the Basis of Excavations of 2003) / R.R. Valiev // Collection of Proceedings of the Final Conferences of Young Scientists of the Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences for 2003-2004 – Kazan, 2004, pp. 39-47.

2. Valiev R.R. Tannery of the Khan’s Kazan (on the Basis of Excavations of 1994-2005) / R.R. Valiev // Russian Archaeology, 2009, No. 1, pp. 112-124.

3. Valiev R.R. Production and Processing of Leather in the Khan’s Kazan / R.R. Valiev // Proceedings of the Kazan State University. Humanitarian sciences. – Vol. 151, Book 2, Part 1, 2009, pp. 44-50.

4. Valiev R.R. Tannery and shoemaking of the Khan’s Kazan / R.R. Valiev // Issues of Archaeology and History of Tatarstan. Issue 1, Kazan, 2009, pp. 33-58.

5. Valiev R.R., Mirsiyapov I.Yu., Sitdikov A.G. Medieval Settlements of the Lower Volga Region // Materials and Studies on the Medieval Archaeology of Eastern Europe. – Kazan: “Schkola” Publ., 2009, [p. 169-206.

6. 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.

7. Valiev R.R., Mirsiyapov I.R., Sitdikov A.G. Medieval Settlements of the Lower Volga Region (Studies of 2008-2009) // The Golden Horde Heritage. – Kazan, 2009, pp. 339-346.

8. Valiev R.R. Leatherworking in the Kazan Khanate (based on data from Excavations in 1994-2005) // Anthropology & Archaeology of Eurasia. – 2009. – V.48. – No.2. – P. 73-95.

9. Archaeological studies of 2010: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk / Compilers Valiev R.R., Sitdikov A.G., Shakirov Z.G. – Kazan, 2011, 36 p.

10. Valiev R.R. Khoums with Stamps from the Excavations of Selitrennoye Settlement // The Golden Horde Heritage. Issue 2. Proceedings of the Second International Scientific Conference “Political and Social-Economic History of the Golden Horde” dedicated to the memory of M.A. Usmanov. Kazan, March 29-30, 2011 / Executive editor and compiler I.M. Mirgaleev. – Kazan: “OOO Foliant” Publ., Institute of History named after Sh. Mardzhani of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2011, pp. 351-353.

11. Matveev R.V., Valiev R.R., Shakirov Z.G., Khamzin R.N. Summary of the Results of Studying the Archaeological Monuments of the Central and Eastern Trans-Kama Region in 2007-2009 (in the Context of Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Tatarstan) // Proceedings of the International Museum Forum in Kazan “Museum and Society: Modern Models of Integration”. September 14-18, 2010 – In 2 volumes. – Vol. 2, Kazan: “Foliant” Publ., 2011, pp. 161-165.

12. Sitdikov A.G., Valiev R.R., Shakirov Z.G. Archaeological Studies in Bolgar and Sviyazhsk in 2010 // Scientific Tatarstan. Series: Humanities. – Kazan: “Fen” Publ., Kazan, 2011, No. 1, pp. 146-152.

13. Valiev R.R., Mirsiyapov I.Yu., Sitdikov A.G. The Issue of Medieval Pre-Mongol Ceramics in the Materials from the Lower Volga Region // Bolgar Forum I / Proceedings of the International Bolgar Forum (June 19-21, 2010, Bolgar). Series “Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes”. – Kazan: “OOO Foliant” Publ.; Institute of History named after Sh. Mardzhani of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2011, Issue 12, pp. 61-69.

14. Archaeological Studies of 2011: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk / Authors and Compilers Sitdikov A.G., Valiev R.R., Starkov A.S. – Kazan, 2012, 36 p.

15. Valiev R.R., Mukhamadiev A.G., Sitdikov A.G. Archaeological Studies of the Coastline of Selitrennoye Settlement // Medieval Urban Culture and Nomadic Civilization of the Ural River Basin / Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference / Under the general editorship of Professor M.N. Sdykov (Uralsk, September 20-23, 2012). – Uralsk: “TOO Poligrafservis” Publ., 2012, pp. 90-95.

16. Valiev R.R., Sitdikov A.G. Urban Development of the Coastline of “Bolnichny Bugor” at Selitrennoye Settlement // History and Culture of the Medieval Peoples of Steppe Eurasia: Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Medieval Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes (Barnaul, September 2012) / Executive Editor A.A. Tishkin. – Barnaul: Altai University, 2012, pp. 154-156.

17. Valiev R.R., Sitdikov A.G., Starkov A.S. Archaeological Studies of 2012: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk. – Kazan, 2013, 32 p.

18. Shakirov Z.G., Valiev R.R., Sitdikov A.G. Urban Development of the Posad Area of Sviyazhsk (on the Basis of Excavation Materials of 2008) // The Volga River Region Archaeology. – Kazan, 2012, No.2, pp. 184-210.

19. Valiev R.R., Pigarev E.M., Mukhamadiev A.G., Sitdikov A.G. Archaeological Studies of “Bolnichny Bugor” at Selitrennoye Settlement in 2006-2009 // The Volga River Region Archaeology. – Kazan, 2013, No.2, pp. 212-251.

20. Archaeological Studies of 2013: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk / Author and Compilers Sitdikov A.G., Valiev R.R., Starkov A.S. – Kazan, 2014, 30 p.

21. Valiev R.R., Khramchenkova R.Kh., Sitdikov A.G. The Issue of Glazed Ceramics in Medieval Bolgar // Proceedings of the 4th (20th) All-Russian Archaeological Congress, Volume 4, Kazan, 2014, pp. 125-128.

22. 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, p. 305-329.

23. Lyganov A.V., Chizhevsky A.A., Valiev R.R., Eremin I.O. Funerary Monuments of the Early Bronze Age in the Mouth Trans-Kama Region // The Volga River Region Archaeology. – Kazan, 2015, No.2, pp. 83-103.

24. Badeev D.Yu., Valiev R.R. Planning of the Golden Horde Bolgar: History and Prospects of Studying // The Volga River Region Archaeology. – Kazan, 2015, No.4, pp. 184-210.

25. Archaeological Studies of 2015: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk / Authors and Compilers Sitdikov A.G., Valiev R.R., Starkov A.S. – Kazan: “Kazanskaya Nedvizhimost” Publ., 2016, 38 p.

26. Valiev R.R. New data on island and coastal monuments of archaeology of the Spassky region of the Republic of Tatarstan // 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. 80-85.

27. Valiev R.R. Muslim Burial Ground on the Western Outskirts of Selitrennoye Settlement // 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. 44-55.

28. Archaeological Studies of 2016: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk / Authors and Compilers Sitdikov A.G., Valiev R.R., Starkov A.S. – Kazan: “Kazanskaya Nedvizhimost” Publ., 2017, 40 p.

29. Valiev R.R. Starokuibyshevsky Complex of Monuments: A New Look and Prospects of Studying // 3rd International Congress of Medieval Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes “Between East and West: The Movement of Cultures, Technologies and Empires / Executive Editors N.N. Kradin, A.G. Sitdikov. – Vladivostok: “Dalnauka” Publ., 2017, pp. 68-72.

30. Valiev R.R. Issues of Localization of Archaeological Objects on the Example of Starokuibyshevsky Complex of Monuments // Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes / Executive Editor F.Sh. Khuzin. No.1, 2017. – Kazan: “Kazanskaya Nedvizhimost” Publ., pp. 52-64.