Mikhail Artamonov (historian)
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Mikhail Artamonov | |
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Leningrad | |
Nationality | Soviet Union |
Awards | Order of Lenin |
Mikhail Illarionovich Artamonov (
Biography
Artamonov was born into a peasant family in Tver Governorate. He moved to Saint Petersburg when he was nine years old to pursue secondary education, including studying painting under Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and art history under Nikolai Sychov, as well as archaeology. He was an active participant in the Russian Revolution.[2]
Artamonov's scholarly career was centered on Leningrad University, where he taught from 1928,[2] was a professor from 1935 and the head of the department of archaeology from 1949.[3]
He researched
In 1939, he was appointed Director of the
Artamonov was appointed director of the Hermitage Museum in 1951. Thirteen years later, he was ousted from office due to resisting interference from Communist Party officials in his running of the Museum, especially regarding his refusal to remove paintings by the French Impressionists - described by the government as "bourgeois decadents" - from display.[2]
Artamonov was awarded the
See also
- Russian archaeology
- List of Russian archaeologists
References
- ^ (in Russian) Biography Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-84172-6.
- ^ a b c Артамонов Михаил Илларионович, Great Soviet Encyclopedia