Николай Николаевич Диков - организатор археологических исследований на Северо-Востоке России

The article presents data on the scientific and organizational activities of the Head of the NEISRI Laboratory of Archeology, History, and Ethnography, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Dikov as well as on the creation of the North-East Asian Complex Achaeological Expedition (NEACAE) and the results of archaeological research performed by its detachments. N. N. Dikov's important contribution to the organization of archaeological research in the North-East Russia and his achievements in the study of ancient cultures are noted. The NEACAE formation contributed to a greater coverage of the territory of the north of the Far East by archaeological research, the discovery of a significant number of archaeological sites in Chukotka, Kamchatka, Kolyma, and on the Okhotsk coast.