Mikhail Piotrovsky

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Mikhail Piotrovsky is a Russian historian and museum curator best known for leading the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg for decades and overseeing its expansion and international prominence.

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instanceOf historian
human
museum director
university teacher
academicDiscipline Arabic studies
Oriental studies
awardReceived Order of Merit for the Fatherland
Légion d'honneur
surface form: Order of the Legion of Honour

Order of the Rising Sun
State Prize of the Russian Federation
countryOfBirth Soviet Union
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
educatedAt Leningrad State University
Leningrad State University
surface form: Saint Petersburg State University
employer Leningrad State University
surface form: Saint Petersburg State University

Hermitage Museum
surface form: State Hermitage Museum
familyName Piotrovsky
father Boris Piotrovsky NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Islamic studies
history
museum studies
gender male
givenName Mikhail
hasRelative Boris Piotrovsky NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Arabic
Russian
memberOf Russian Academy of Arts
Russian Academy of Sciences
name Mikhail Piotrovsky NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Russian
notableFor directorship of the State Hermitage Museum
expansion of the State Hermitage Museum
international promotion of the State Hermitage Museum
notableWork research on Arabic manuscripts
research on Islamic art
occupation historian
museum curator
museum director
university professor
placeOfBirth Yerevan, Armenia
surface form: Yerevan
positionHeld Director of the State Hermitage Museum
residence St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
workLocation Russia
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg

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Hermitage Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky