Yuri Motov (26.02.1949 - 12.01.2016)

Yuri Motov was born on February 26, 1949 in the village of Zavodsky in the Troitsky district of the Altai Krai. In 1973-1977, he studied at the historical faculty of the Kazakh Pedagogical Institute named after Abai, underwent archaeological training with I. Kopylov, taking part in the research of the Talgar settlement. After graduating from KazPI, he joined the Institute "Kazproektrestavratsiya"; participated in archaeological research of Tamgaly and the city of Turkestan. In 1980, he was hired at the Ch. Valikhanov IHAE; in 1980-1986, he took part in the research of the SKCAE. In 1986-1991, he worked as the head of the Department of Archaeology of the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan. In 1991, he was hired again at the Margulan Institute of Archaeology as a Senior Researcher. He worked in a number of expeditions, specialized in the problems of nomad culture, author of a number of articles.
He died in Almaty on 12.01.2016.
 

Мотов Ю.А. О датировке мечей с настенных росписей раннесредневековых городов Средней Азии // Культуры Евразийских степей 2 половины I тыс. н.э. (вопросы хронологии). - Самара, 1998. - С. 424-435.
Мотов Ю.А. Головной убор в изобразительной традиции древнетюркской эпохи (на материале каменных изваяний) // Культуры Евразийских степей 2 половины I тыс. н.э. (из истории костюма). – Самара, 2001. - Т. 1. - С. 145-151.
Мотов Ю.А. К интерпретации изображений парных пластинок из «Сибирской коллекции Петра 1» // РА. - 1999. - № 3. - С. 141-148.
Мотов Ю.А. О Шиловском могильнике и миграциях тюрок // Матер. междунар. науч. конф. «Архкология Казахстана в эпоху независимости: итоги, перспективы», посв. 20-летию Независмости Республики Казахстан и 10-летию Института археологииим. А.Х. Маргулана. - Алматы, 2011. - С. 304-311.