Oksana Volodymyrivna Rutkovska

Archaeologist and Historian

Head of the Archaeology Department at the D. I. Yavornytskyi National Historical Museum of Dnipro. She holds a degree in History from Dnipropetrovsk National University. During her professional career, she worked at the Centre for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Dnipropetrovsk Region, where she headed the Department for the Protection of Archaeological Monuments and was involved in the preservation of the region’s archaeological heritage. Her main research interests include the archaeology of the Great Steppe, the history and culture of medieval nomadic societies of Eurasia, Polovtsian stone sculpture, funerary complexes, and the material culture of nomadic peoples. She is the author of scholarly publications and has contributed to museum projects, conferences, and educational programmes devoted to the history of nomadic peoples, Polovtsian stone statues, and the worldview of the societies of the Great Steppe. She is currently engaged in the study and cataloguing of the collection of Polovtsian stone statues at the D. I. Yavornytskyi National Historical Museum of Dnipro. She also participates in international scientific initiatives, collaborating with colleagues from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Italy.