addresses:
    Office -Museum of anthropology and ethnology
    (Kunstkamera), Russian academy of Science
    Universitetskay embankment,3,193034,Russia
    tel. (812)328 07 12, fax. (812)328 08 11
    alexandr@alpas.ioffe.rssi.ru

Education, degrees and titles:
    Elementary education - Middle school in Petersburg, Russia, 1969.
    Higher education -Institute of fine arts, sculpture and architecture, 1974;
    -Post graduated term in Institute of archaeology, Petersburg,1974-1977.
    Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D. degree) - Institute of archaeology, 1977.
    Title of Thesis: Petroglyphs of Siberia and North West Coast of North america.
    Doctor of science (Hab.D.)-Institute of Ethnology, Moscow,1995.
    Title: Model of Universe in the petroglyphs of North america and Siberia.

Professional positions:
    1977-1978: research worker Department of america, Museum of anthropology and ethnography (Kunstkamera), St.Petersburg.
    1979-1992: Senior scientific researcher, Department of america, Museum of anthropology and ethnography (Kunstkamera),     St.Petersburg.
    1993-1996: Deputy director in science, Museum of anthropology and ethnology (Kunstkamera) , Russian academy of science
    1996-1998: Leading scientific researcher, Department of america, Museum of anthropology and ethnography (Kunstkamera), St.Petersburg.

Joint positions:
    1994: Professor, Faculty of History of Culture, academy of Culture, St.Petersburg,
    Chair, Department of ethnography, Russian Geographical society, 1994.
    1995: academician, academy of Humanitarian sciences, Russia, States Petersburg.

Teaching experience:
    1994-1998: Course in History of traditional culture of american Indians
    Petersburg State University
    1994-1998: Course in The History of the peoples of Siberia, academy of Culture, St.Petersburg

Research Stays abroad (up to one month):
    1987: Exhibition “Crossroads of continents”, Scientific research work, Washington, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural history.
    1995: Scientific research, anchorage, Museum, University, alaska.
    1998: Scientific research, Warsaw, Chair of Ethnology, Warsaw University

area of interests: Ethnography, ethnology of amerindians (North america), collections, archaeological and ethnological interpretations of ethnograhical materials, history of traditional art.

The list of the most important publications (monographs):
1. Okladnikova Elena. Enigmatic faces of the petroglyphs of asia and america.Novosibirsk. 1977. 165 p.
2. Okladnikova Elena Petroglyphs of the middle Khatun river (High altai mountains), Novosibirsk, 1984.110 p.
3. Okladnikova Elena The road of Koguldey. Leningrad.,1990. 190 p.
4. Okladnikova Elena The models the Universe in the system of images of petroglyphs of Pacific coast of north america. (Problem of cultural contacts of aboriginal population of North america and Siberia). Petersburg, 1995. 333 p.
5. Okladnikova Elena Kunstkamera. Petersburg 1997. 120 p.

The list of the most important publications (articles):
Okladnikova E. Science and education in Russian america// Russians american colony. Ed. by F.Starr. Durham,1987.P.218-291.
Оkladnikova E. archaeological collections from North america in the museums of the Soviet Union //Pre-Colombian collections in Eropean museums. Hocquenghem, 1987.P.203-298.
Оkladnikova E. Cаflifornia collections by I.G.Vosnesenski and a problem of american-asian relations//Journal of Great baisin and California anthropology and archaeology. 1983. N.1. P.229-239.
Okladnikova E. The shamanistic aspects of the crystal magic //Shamanism: past and present.Pt. 2. budapest, 1989. P.343-349.
Okladnikova E. Feather mantlets from I.Vosnesenski collection // Fort Ross interpretive assosiation news letters. Fort Ross,1992.
Okladnikova E. Russians collections of Сalifornia ethnography // Fort Ross intrpretive assosiation news letters.Fort Ross,1992.P.346-348.
Okladnikova E. Les collections ethnographique russe en amerique du Nord //Destins croises. Paris,1992.P.459-473.
Okladnikova E. The anthropology of ecological law and cultureal universality of the peoples of the circumpolar region.// Folklaw and legal pluralism: societies ia trnsformatoin” M. 1997. P.65-67.
Okladnikova E. The idea of mana in schaman”s models of the Universe.// The 14 th International congress of anthropological and ethnological Sciences. July 26-august1, Williamsburg.1998 . P. 272.