Alexey Pavlovich Okladnikov (1908–1981)was a Russian archaeologist, historian, and ethnographer, an expert in the ancient cultures of Siberia and the Pacific Basin. He was elected a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1968, and awarded the honorary title of the Hero of Socialist Labor (1978). The childhood of the scientist has passed in Biryulka village in Siberia. In 1938-1961, Okladnikov worked in the Leningrad division of the Archeology Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Since 1961 Head of the Division of Human Research of the Economics Institute, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Since 1966 Director of the Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Since 1962, Professor and Head, Department of History, of Novosibirsk State University. His works include research on ancient history of Siberia, Far East, Mongolia, and Middle East. He identified numerous cultures of the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages in Siberia and the Far East.