Humanities & Social Sciences 4 (2015 8) 554-560 ~ ~ ~ УДК 902:39(571.51) Regional Archeological and Ethnographic Conference of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students and Young Researchers in Kranoyarsk Pavel V. Mandryka* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 20.11.2014, received in revised form 26.12.2014, accepted 16.01.2015 The article reports on the origins and traditions of Siberian archaeological and ethnographic conferences at the regional and national level, on the outcomes of the next fi fty fourth conference held in Krasnoyarsk, at Siberian Federal University. <...> The forum was dedicated to two important events in archeology not only for Siberia, but also for the whole Eurasia – the 130th anniversary of discovery of the Paleolith at Afontova Mountain and the 100th anniversary of the fi rst excavations of the monuments of the Andronovo culture. <...> The author gives a brief history of these historical events and determines the modern level of exploration of the monuments of these periods of Antiquity. <...> In March 2014 Krasnoyarsk hosted a regular LIV archaeological and ethnographic conference of undergraduate and postgraduate students and young researchers on the basis of Siberian Federal University called “Modern Problems of Ancient and Traditional Cultures of the Peoples of Eurasia” dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the discovery of the Paleolith at Afontova Mountain and the 100th of the fi rst excavation of anniversary the Andronovo culture monuments. <...> This is one of the oldest and massive annual scientifi c events beyond the Urals, which gathered about a hundred of undergraduate and postgraduate students from different organizations of the Urals, Western and Eastern Siberia, © Siberian Federal University. <...> The tradition of holding Siberian archaeological and ethnographic student conferences has more than half-century history. <...> The tradition of Regional Archaeological Conferences (later developed the Volga region, the into Russian conferences) was introduced in our country at the regional level. <...> The beginning of this “movement” can be associated with “Siberian tours” organized by archeological students of Moscow Archaeological Institute * Corresponding author E-mail address: pmandryka@yandex.ru # 554 # including N.N. Bortvin and A.N. Lipsky. <...> Regional Archeological and Ethnographic Conference of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students… organized archaeological expeditions around the country (the Urals, Siberia, the Far East), and discussed the results at joint meetings upon arrival. <...> The history of the fi rst offi cial student archaeological conferences associates with the name of an outstanding Russian archaeologist Vasily Alekseevich <...>