Born in 1949.

In 1971 graduated from the History Department of the State University (Odessa). From 1973 till 1976 - the postgraduate studies – the History of the Ancient World and Middle Ages Department of the same university.

In 1976-986 – Ukraine National Academy of Science, the Institute of Archaeology research associate. In 1981 upheld Ph.D. thesis «Nomads of IX-XIV c.c. in Western steppes of Black Sea coast regions».

In 1986-1989 – functions as the head of the Archaeology Department in Odessa regional executive commitee.

In 1986-1989 – head of the UNESCO-ICOM Archaeologic expedition. From 1986 works in the South Ukrainian Pedagogical University (Odessa): in 1992 – assistant professor, in 1995 – professor, in 1997 – head of the History of Ukraine Department, since 2003 – head of the Universal History Department.

In 1991 upheld doctoral thesis «Nomads of IX-XIV c.c. in Western steppes of Black Sea coast regions»(historic-archaeologic research) in St. Petersburg.

Scientific Interests: History, archaeology, Study of North Black Sea coast regions’ lores, archaeologic theory and principles, problems of nomandism, problems of ethnic and social history, Ancient archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Historic and archaeologic researches of Odessa, Kherson, Ismail.

Author of more than 150 works, including nine books.

A.O. Dobroliubskiy – specialist with 35 years of experience of archaeologic works in Ukraine, Molodva, Middle East, North Caucas etc. specialist in excavations of burial mounds, Ancient and Middle Ages monuments of modern cities of Black Sea region. Head of archaeologic expeditions in Chufut-Cale (Bahchisarai, Crimea), Ismail fortress, Zilga (Osethia) under the aegis of UNESCO «Great Silk Road». Head of the archaeologic excavations in Odessa, Kherson (1995-2004).

A.O.Dobroliubskiy – honourary Doctor of Erciyes University in Kaiseri, Turkey, chairman of the Black Sea Association of the Archaeologists (Odessa). Included in the "Dictionary of International Biography. Who`s Who of Intellectuals". - 11-th Edition. - Cambridge, 1994.

In the High Anthropological School gives lectures on Ethology.

E-mail: dobrol@paco.net