The fourth volume of the multi-volume "History of the Southern Urals" is devoted to the events and cultural and historical processes that took place in the region and in neighboring territories in the era of late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages (II-VIII centuries). The territory of the Southern Urals at that time was involved in the Eurasian civilizational space. The publication is designed for students and students, historians and a wide range of readers interested in the history of Russia.