Zabiyako Andrey Pavlovich

Russian scientist, religious scholar, historian, anthropologist, specialist in the field of history and theory of religion, archeology and anthropology of religion, ethnic and ethno-religious processes, translator. The scientific interests of Andrey Zabiyako include the study of the archaic religions of East and Northeast Asia, the petroglyphs of Eurasia, ethnic and ethno-religious interactions in East Asia, as well as the theoretical and methodological problems of modern religious studies. Professor Zabiyako has been conducting annual field research since 1999 in Russia (Amur Region, Yakutia, Transbaikal) and China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Henan, Shandong, Autonomous Territory of Inner Mongolia), exploring with the help of archaeological and anthropological methods the genesis and development of religion, ethnogenesis and migration of bearers of religious traditions. In the field of religion theory, he explores the problems of religious genesis, the evolution of religious consciousness, issues of the language of religion, and also deals with comparative religious studies, history and methodology of religious studies. Much attention is paid to the study of archaic religions, shamanism, ethno-religious traditions of the West and East. Andrey P. Zabiyako proved the theory of the ultimate foundations of religion, as well as the semantic concept of religious consciousness. A.P. Zabiyako is a translator of epitomes from the writing of Lucien Levi-Bruhl, Nyum-Denis Fustel de Coulange, Ernest Renan, which were published in the series "Classics of World Religious Studies" (M., 1996-1998), as well as a monograph by Maurice Godelier and articles by Franz Boas, other publications of outstanding experts in the field of Religious Study.

Head of the Chair of Religion Studies and History, Faculty of International Relations, Amur State University (from 1998 till present); Head of the Laboratory of Archeology and Anthropology of Amur State University (from 2002 till present); Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences  (2014-2018); Head of the Amur Anthropological Expedition (from 2015 to the present), Professor at the School of Art and Humanities of the Far Eastern Federal University (from 2007 till present); Presidium Member of the Federal Educational and Methodological Association in the field of higher education of 47.00.00. Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies (Moscow State University); The author of more than 300 scientific papers published in Russia, the USA, China, France, the Czech Republic, Poland.

History of religion;

Archeology of the Far East;

Ethnography of the Far East;

Anthropology of religion;

Psychology of religion;

Comparative religious studies;

History of Eastern religions;