Kuchumov A.M. (1912-1993), museum worker

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KUCHUMOV Anatoly Mikhailovich (1912-1993, town of Pushkin), museum worker, art historian, honoured culture worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1975), honorary citizen of the town of Pavlovsk (1992). In 1930-32, attended the factory school of Okhta Chemical Plant, concurrently attending courses in the Hermitage. In 1932, worked as a cataloguer of the Palace Museum of Pavlovsk; since 1937, headed Alexandrovsky Palace Museum in Pushkin. In 1941, Kochumov took charge of Pushkin museum collections evacuation to Gorky, then to Novosibirsk. In 1944, he returned to Leningrad, and took part in setting up the Central Depository of Museum Collections, becoming its first director. Kuchumov was a member of the Investigation Commission for Valuables Looted by the Nazis (with Kuchumov’s assistance, over 12,000 exhibits were found and returned to museums). In 1956, he was appointed chief curator of Pavlovsk Palace Museum, and became one of the authors of the project of restoration of its interiors. A specialist in the 18th -19th centuries Russian material culture history, Kuchumov provided consulting support to the Hermitage, the State Museum of History, Tretyakov Gallery and other museums. He authored the following books and albums: Pavlovsk. The Palace and the Park (1976), The Decor of Russian Home Interior of the 19th Century (1977), Russian Arts and Crafts of the Late 18th - 19th Centuries (1981), etc. In 1986, he received the Lenin Prize. Kuchumov lived in Pushkin (Alexandrovsky Park, White Tower), Pavlovsk (6 Very Slutskoy Street), in 1983, returned to Pushkin (2 Shkolnaya Street). He was buried at the town cemetery of Pavlovsk.

References: Масси С. Павловск: Жизнь рус. дворца. Л., 1990. С. 225-245; Мудров Ю. В. Почетный гражданин Павловска // Мир музея. 1993. № 2. С. 69-70.

V. A. Belanina. Kuchumov Anatoly Mikhailovich
Shkolnaya Street/Pushkin, town, house 2
Мудров Ю. В. Почетный гражданин Павловска // Мир музея, 1993
Масси С. Павловск: Жизнь рус. дворца. Л., 1990 Hermitage
St. Petersburg Powder Mill
Alexander Palace (Pushkin)