Vera Andreyevna Bulatova (

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: Вера Андреевна Булатова; September 30, 1915 in Moscow – December 11, 2014 in Tashkent) was a Russian–born Uzbekistani archaeologist,

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and

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. She authored over thirty works in her lifetime on the archaeology and history of Central Asia.

Research Interests

Bulatova has published on the architectural history of

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

, Uzbekistan. Between 1937 and 1938 she was well known for her research on

Samarkand Samarkand ( ; Uzbek language, Uzbek and Tajik language, Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand, ) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central As ...

. In 1940, she moved to the

National University of Uzbekistan National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz; ) is a public research university located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. NUUz is the oldest and largest university in Uzbekistan. The National University of Uzbekistan is named after Mirzo Ulugbek. NUUz prof ...

. She studied landscapes of

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

under

Galina Pugachenkova Galina Anatolyevna Pugachenkova (; 7 February 1915 – 18 February 2007) was a Soviet archaeologist and art historian, regarded as a founder of Uzbek archaeology and central to the progression of archaeology and art history under the Soviet reg ...

. She excavated widely in the area including Old and New Nisa, Anau, Pestak (Abiverd) and several monuments in the Amu Darya Valley. In 1948 Bulatova excavated the ancient settlements Pestak, Khiveabad in the Kaakhkinsky district the study of old “kala” (fortified Bayaandn manors) was continued in the village of Bagi. From 1950 to 1957, Bulatova worked as a researcher at the Special Scientific Restoration Workshops under the Office of Architecture of the Ministry of Culture of the Uzbek SSR and studied the history of the composition of medieval architectural monuments of

Khiva Khiva ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Xiva, Хива, ; other names) is a district-level city of approximately 93,000 people in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan. According to archaeological data, the city was established around 2,500 years ago. In 1997, Khiva celebr ...

Bukhara Bukhara ( ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents . It is the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and t ...

Shakhrisabz Shahrisabz, lit. "Green City" in Persian, is a district-level city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has selected Shakhrisabz as its tourism capital for 2024. It is located approximately 80& ...

Termez Termez ( ) is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is a district-level city. Its population is 182,800 (2021). It is notable as the site of Alexander the Great's city Alexandria on the Oxus, as a center ...

and

. She carried out the first archaeological excavations of the medieval arch of Ichan-Kala, the mausoleums of Alautdin-bobo, Uch-avliya, and examined monuments in the

Khorezm Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by t ...

region. From 1957 to 1975, Bulatova worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of History and Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. She excavated part of the village of Kyzylkir in the

Bukhara region Bukhara Region is a region of Uzbekistan located in the southwest of the country. The Kyzyl Kum desert takes up a large portion of its territory. It borders Turkmenistan, Navoiy Region, Qashqadaryo Region, a small part of the Xorazm Region, a ...

as part of an expedition led by Yahya Gulyamova. She explored the early medieval settlement of Kuva and its environs in the

Ferghana Valley The Fergana Valley (also commonly spelled the Ferghana Valley) in Central Asia crosses eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Encompassing three former Soviet republics, the valley is ethnically diverse and relation ...

. As part of the Uzbek archaeological expedition, the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR conducted field work from 1956 to 1959, together with Kh. Mukhamedov at the northwest tower of the Kuva citadel. From 1959 to 1969, she led archaeological research on a small hill north of the main city of Kuva with a residential quarter of the 7th century. In 1967 following the strong earthquake of 1966 and the subsequent restoration of Tashkent, the Tashkent archaeological detachment was created for archaeological monitoring of urban new buildings under her leadership. In the first years, the boundaries of the Binkat settlement, which was hidden under the Old Town buildings, were outlined. The research team covered almost all archaeological sites in Tashkent. Among them is Kazakhmazartepa on the territory of the modern 13th quarter of the Tashkent massif

Chilanzar Chilanzar (, ) is one of 12 districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Overview It was founded in the rural suburb of Tashkent in 1956, named after the homonymous residential quarter and was established, as district, in 1981.Sad ...

. Bulatova retired in 1975.

Personal life

Bulatova was born in Moscow in 1915. She graduated from technical college in 1934 and worked in the Planning Department of Moscow City Council. In 1935 she married (1907—2004), who is

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(1975). She died on December 11, 2014, in Tashkent.

References

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