VIKTOR SARIANIDI

'Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi' or 'Victor Sarigiannides' (Russian: Виктор Иванович Сарианиди; born September 23, 1929 in Tashkent) is a well-known Russian archaeologist of Pontic Greek descent. He discovered the remains of a Bronze Age culture in the Karakum Desert in 1976. The culture came to be known as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex. In 1996, he moved to Greece where he currently lives.