Time parameters of the cultures of the bronze age in the steppes of Eastern Europe: the problems of reflection

The article is based on the currently determined chronological frameworks of the most significant archaeological periods. The frameworks of the Early Bronze Age are determined in the range from 38 th to 29 th centuries BC. The Middle Bronze Age took place from 29 th to 22 nd centuries BC. The transitional period covered the time interval from 22 nd to 20 th centuries BC. The Late Bronze Age corresponds to the first half of the 2 nd millennium BC. The emergence and development of the cultures of the Bronze Age in the steppe zone of Eastern Europe was determined by the origins and evolution of the Caucasus center of cultural genesis initially and then of the Volga-Ural center.