Margarita Ivanovna Filanovich

Margarita Ivanovna Filanovich (born 16 June 1937 in Leningrad) is a Soviet (later Uzbek) historian, archaeologist, and leader of a Tashkent archaeological expedition (formerly the Tashkent archaeological detachment).

Filanovich's research interests include history, the archeology of ancient and medieval Central Asia, the historical topography of cities, and the study of religious cults of the corresponding era. She drew attention to the settlement of Shashtepa as a promising object for the study of ancient urban culture in Tashkent (the identified age of the archaeological settlement was taken as the age of the city, which served as the basis for its anniversary celebrations).

She is a laureate of the State Prize of the Uzbek SSR named after Biruni, in the field of science and technology (1985). Her father died on the front lines of the Great Patriotic War. She was in the city during the Blockade, and subsequently, her family was evacuated along the Road of Life. After escaping the siege, she lived in Siberia, then Belarus, and finally ended up in Tashkent, where she graduated from high school. During those years of study, she became interested in the history of the region. ) she leads it. The research team covered almost all archaeological sites in Tashkent.

Currently, she holds the positions of lead researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan and senior researcher at the Institute of History at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. and 3rd (2009) editions of the Tashkent encyclopedia.

She has participated in numerous international conferences and symposia, at the invitation of a lecturer at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (the École normale supérieure) in Paris. .

Other activities Filanovich continues to collaborate with the Department of Archeology, Faculty of History of the National University the Tashkent Islamic University and the Republican Center for the Preparation of Guides for Foreign Tourists.

Alongside her scientific publications, Filanovich has a number of popular scientific works, articles and interviews for newspapers to her name, and author's cycles of television and radio programs for a wide audience. In addition, she has served as a consultant to the film industry.

Filanovich has been actively involved in sports; while studying at the university, she was fond of equestrian sports – for which she occupied the top category – and table tennis. Floriculture is also one of her hobbies.

Awards For her scientific and social activities, Filanovich was awarded a number of Uzbek and foreign awards

State Prize of the Uzbek SSR named after Beruni in the field of science and technology (1985) Order of Dustlik Medal "Shuhrat" Order of the Academic Palms (France) "Resident of the besieged Leningrad" (Leningrad City Executive Committee).

Monographs Filanovich M.I. Tashkent. The origin and development of the city and urban culture. - Tashkent: Fan Publishing House of the Uzbek SSR, 1983. - 232 p. - 1000 copies. Mukminova R. G., Filanovich M. I. Tashkent at the crossroads of history (essays on the ancient and medieval history of the city) / Ed. ed. D. and. n D.A. Alimova . - Tashkent: “Fan”, 2001. - 116 p. - 1000 copies. - . Filanovich M. I. Ancient medieval history of Tashkent in archaeological sources / Otv. ed. E.V. Rtveladze . - Tashkent: “Fan”, 2010. - 312 p. - 1000 copies. - . Alimova D.A., Filanovich M.I. Toshkent Tarihi (қadim davlardan Bugungi Kungach). The history of Tashkent (from ancient times to the present day). - Toshkent: “ART FLEKS”, 2009. - 192 p. - 5,000 copies. - .

Collective (co-author) Ancient Tashkent / Resp. ed. Cand. the story. Sciences I. Akhrarov . - Tashkent: Fan Publishing House of the Uzbek SSR, 1973. - 144 p. - 1,500 copies Antiquities of Tashkent / Resp. ed. Acad. Uzbek Academy of Sciences Ya. G. Gulyamov . - Tashkent: Fan Publishing House of the Uzbek SSR, 1976. - 132 p. - 1200 copies. At the origins of the ancient culture of Tashkent / Otv. ed. Cand. the story. Sciences Shishkin GV . - Tashkent: Fan Publishing House of the Uzbek SSR, 1982. - 132 p. - 1000 copies.