THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES AT THE BURYAT SCIENTIFIC CENTER, EARLY 20 <sup>th</sup> - LATE 21 <sup>st</sup> CENTURIES
The article presents the history of the making of archaeology as a scientific division of the Buryat Scientific Center within the frameworks of the historically successive organizations: BMSS - BCSRI - BISS - IMBTS SB RAS. The scope of research widened from the study of nomadic cultures of Transbaikalia to encompassing of all archaeological epochs in the southern part of East Siberia and Mongolia.