This collection of materials from our conference is structured in full accordance with the topics of its meetings. Within the main theme - the development and interaction of urbanized and pastoralist societies of Central Asia and its neighbors from primitive antiquity to the Middle Ages - the book consists of four sections: the first is devoted to the personalities of our anniversaries and their contribution to the study of archeology and ancient history of Central Asia, the second, third and fourth sections include the latest developments of the indicated issues in chronological order: the second section is in the field of primitive archeology (from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age), the third - the early Iron Age and antiquity, the fourth - the Middle Ages.