About Boris Shramko
Lived 1921 – 2012 (aged 91). Boris Shramko was a Russian and Ukrainian docent, historian and archaeologist.
Boris Andriyovich Shramko (; born on 17 January 1921, Gomel, Belarus — 8 July 2012, Kharkiv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian historian and professor of history. He was based at the Kharkov State University (from which he graduated after the four-years service in the Red Army during the World War II).
Shramko is best known for excavating the Bilsk hillfort (between Poltava and Sumy) and suggesting it to be the Scythian capital Gelonus. The hillfort is strategically situated on the exact boundary between the steppe and forest-steppe. Shramko associated the earlier Bondarikha culture with the Cimmerians.
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Who was Boris Shramko?
Ukrainian historian
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Boris Shramko was born on 17 January 1921 in Gomel.
When did Boris Shramko die?
Boris Shramko died on 8 July 2012 in Kharkiv.
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Boris Shramko was a docent, historian and archaeologist.
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Boris Shramko was Russian and Ukrainian.
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