Korokhina A. The Ceramics of the Bondarikha Culture.

In the thesis a complex analysis of the ceramics of the Bondarikha Culture and its related types was carried out. The typology and classification of the decoration were designed. Preliminary data of ceramic paste recipes were obtained. The dynamics of development of ceramic traditions of the Bondarikha Culture was elucidated. Its comparison with related cultural types (Studenok and Lebedivka) was carried out. The author designed five-stage periodization of development of ceramic traditions of the Bondarikha Culture. The analysis shows an active interaction of the Bondarikha Culture's bearers with their cultural environment within the Western, the Contact and the Eastern areas of the entity of Cordoned Ceramics Cultures, southern part of Eastern Ukrainian Polissya. The formation of ceramic traditions of the Bondarikha Culture is shown as an interaction of several cultural components, first of all - of Volga region and Upper Dnipro region (The Maryanivka Culture). The resemblance of the Bondarikha and its related types ceramic complexes is explained with their common component which the author associates with the Late Bronze Age cultures of Forest Volga basin region. Keywords: Bronze Age final stage, Bondarikha Culture, Studenok Type, Lebedivka Culture, ceramics, ethnic-cultural development.