Alexander A. Vybornov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, head, Department of national history and archaeology of the Samara State Academy of Social Sciences and the Humanities, Honorary worker of higher education of the Russian Federation, celebrated his 60^th birth anniversary on October 21, 2014. A.A. Vybornov has authored 5 monographs and more than 190 articles. Based on the materials of the studied monuments, he has revealed a number of cultures of the Neolithic period, and developed a periodization of the Neolithic in the Volga region. At present A.A. Vybornov is one of the leading specialists in the field of archeology of the Stone Age, who has made a significant contribution to the study of the Neolithic of the Volga-Urals, the middle Volga region, the Kama region, and the North Caspian area.