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PIOTROVSKY Mikhail Borisovich
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ПІОТРОВСЬКИЙ Михайло Борисович
ПИОТРОВСКИЙ Михаил Борисович
PIOTROVSKY Mikhail Borisovich

Date and place of birth
09.12.1944
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR

Position
Soviet and Russian historian, orientalist, Arabist, Islamic scholar, museum organizer. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Director of the State Hermitage Museum, Dean of the Oriental Faculty of St. Petersburg State University (SPbGU), Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences., President of the Union of Museums of Russia

Tax Number
782506246034

Reasons
In accordance with his official duties, the Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture of the russian federation "State Hermitage" M. B. Piotrovsky:
- implements the state targeted programmes of the russian federation, which include archaeological work in the occupied territories of Ukraine and the illegal transfer of Ukrainian cultural property;
- provides mandatory cover letters to scientists (representatives of the Hermitage) in order to obtain open letters for archaeological work in the occupied territories of Ukraine;
- Provides funding and other logistical support for the activities of expeditions and individual Hermitage staff in the occupied territory of Ukraine.
As the director of the Hermitage, from 2014 to 2023, Piotrovsky facilitated the receipt of at least 53 open letters for employees to conduct archaeological work in the occupied territory of Ukraine.



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