For the Jubilee of Professor Andrey Mikhailovich Belavin

The article is dedicated to the anniversary of Andrei Belavin – a renowned Russian archaeologist and expert in Finno-Ugric studies and medieval archeology of the Volga-Kama region. It features the primary milestones of biography and the important events in his scientific life. The authors present an analysis of the main publications by A.M. Belavin and his concepts which had a great impact on the archaeology of the Volga-Kama region.