Artamonov M.I., (1898-1972), archaeologist, director of the Hermitage

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ARTAMONOV Mikhail Illarionovich (1898-1972, Leningrad), archaeologist, historian, museum worker, Ph.D (Doctor of Historical Sciences, 1941). Lived in Petrograd from early 1917. Graduated from the Archaeology Department of the Petrograd University in 1924. From 1925, Artamonov worked at the Leningrad State University, being appointed professor in 1935, pro-rector in 1948-51, rector in 1950, and chairman of the Archaeology Department in 1951-72. Concurrently, from 1929, he worked as a researcher at the State Academy of the History of Material Culture. After its reorganisation into the Institute of the History of Material Culture in 1937, he was promoted to temporary acting deputy director, and worked as its director in 1939-45. In 1951-64 he directed the State Hermitage. Under Artamonov, the museum's scientific research saw a boost, its publishing house was reestablished, and exhibitions such as the Ancient Cultures of the Northern Region of the Black Sea were organized. In 1964 he became a Consultant of the Directorate of the Hermitage. Artamonov wrote over 150 academic papers (including eleven monographs) on the archaeology of the Northern Region of the Black Sea, the history of the Khazars, and others, and organised over 30 archaeological expeditions. In 1960, he was elected a Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In the 1930s, he lived at 25 Zverinskaya Street, in the 1950-60s at 31 Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island. Buried at the Severnoe Cemetery.

References: Пиотровский М. Б. М. И. Артамонов в Эрмитаже // Скифы. Хазары. Славяне. Древняя Русь: Междунар. науч. конф. ... СПб., 1998. С. 17-18; Столяр А. Д. Триада жизнедеятельности М. И. Артамонова // История и культура древних и средневековых обществ. СПб., 1998. С. 7-32. (Пробл. археологии; Вып. 4).

Y. N. Kruzhnov. Artamonov Mikhail Illarionovich
8th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 31
Zverinskaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
Столяр А. Д. Триада жизнедеятельности М. И. Артамонова // История и культура древних и средневековых обществ. СПб., 1998
Пиотровский М. Б. М. И. Артамонов в Эрмитаже // Скифы. Хазары. Славяне. Древняя Русь: Междунар. науч. конф. ... СПб., 1998 Hermitage
Severnoe Cemetery