ARCHAEOLOGIST

Boris Piotrovsky

1908 - 1990

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Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky, also Piotrovskii (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Пиотро́вский; February 14 [O.S. February 1] 1908 – October 15, 1990) was a Soviet Russian academician, historian-orientalist and archaeologist who studied the ancient civilizations of Urartu, Scythia, and Nubia. He is best known as a key figure in the study of the Urartian civilization of the southern Caucasus. From 1964 until his death, Piotrovsky was also Director of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Piotrovsky is the 131st most popular archaeologist (down from 127th in 2019), the 2,202nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,145th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Boris Piotrovsky ranks 131 out of 151. Before him are Nancy Dupree, Klaus Schmidt, John Beazley, Karel Absolon, Muhibbe Darga, and Grahame Clark. After him are Paolo Orsi, James Prinsep, Franz Weidenreich, Meave Leakey, Jale İnan, and John M. Allegro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Boris Piotrovsky ranks 376. Before him are Hu Die, Robert Pearce, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Félix Welkenhuysen, Necil Kazım Akses, and Celia Johnson. After him are Geirr Tveitt, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Francisco Aguirre, Víctor Peralta, Pablo Pacheco, and Kurt Neumann. Among people deceased in 1990, Boris Piotrovsky ranks 268. Before him are Ramón Piñeiro López, Sadi Irmak, Leonid Trauberg, Nobuo Arai, Leopold Neumer, and Petar Šegvić. After him are Harry Klinefelter, Mohamed Latif, Pierre Musy, Georges Lacombe, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Ralph Abernathy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Piotrovsky ranks 2,202 out of 3,761. Before him are Vernon Duke (1903), Anatoly Maltsev (1909), Majit Gafuri (1880), Semyon Nadson (1862), Sara Sadíqova (1906), and Ekaterina Kalinchuk (1922). After him are Vladimir Nevzorov (1952), Georgi Yartsev (1948), Yury Chaika (1951), Chulpan Khamatova (1975), Vasily Perovsky (1795), and Maria Golubnichaya (1924).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Russia

Among archaeologists born in Russia, Boris Piotrovsky ranks 3. Before him are Gustaf Kossinna (1858), and Tatiana Proskouriakoff (1909). After him are Alexey Okladnikov (1908).

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