Svetlana Pletnyova

{{short description|Russian archaeologist (1926-2008)}}

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| honorific_prefix = Professor

| name = Svetlana Pletnyova

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| native_name = Светлана Плетнёва

| native_name_lang = ru

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1926|01|01}}

| birth_place = Vyatka, Vyatka Governorate, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|11|20|1942|12|25}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

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| pronounce = {{IPA|ru|svʲɪtˈɫanə plʲɪtʲˈnʲɵvə}}

| fields = History, Archaeology

| workplaces = {{ill|Institute of Archaeology of Russian Academy of Sciences|ru|Институт археологии РАН}}

| alma_mater = Moscow State University (1949)

| thesis_title = From nomads to cities

| thesis_url = https://www.archaeolog.ru/ru/el-bib/el-cat/el-series/mia/mia-142

| thesis_year = 1967

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| academic_advisors = Mikhail Artamonov, Boris Rybakov

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| notable_students = Murtazali Gadjiev, {{ill|Igor Kyzlasov|ru|Кызласов, Игорь Леонидович}}, {{ill|Viktor Chkhaidze|ru|Чхаидзе, Виктор Николаевич}}

| known_for = Known for her studies of the Eurasian nomads, notably the Khazars

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| awards = Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Labour Valour", Medal "For Distinguished Labour", USSR State Prize

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Svetlana Alexandrovna Pletneva (also spelled Pletnyeva and Pletnyova; {{langx|ru|Светлана Александровна Плетнёва}}, {{IPA|ru|svʲɪtˈɫanə ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnə plʲɪtʲˈnʲɵvə}}; 1 April 1926 – 20 November 2008) was a Russian and Soviet archaeologist and historian. Like Lev Gumilev, she was a student of Mikhail Artamonov, although she discarded many of the former's theories as mere speculations. She won the USSR State Prize in 1986.

Pletneva is the author of numerous books on Eurasian nomads, particularly the Khazars.