SOLOVIEV Sergey Lvovich

26.10.1956
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

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Leading Researcher at the Department of Monumental Archaeology of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science of the russian federation "Institute of the History of Material Culture of the russian Academy of Sciences" (IHMC RAS)
Leading Researcher at the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg

Solovyov is the head of several archaeological expeditions that have been operating in the occupied territories of Ukraine since 2014. In order to conduct excavations and alienate cultural property, Solovyov sent requests to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation annually during 2014-2023 to obtain open letters for organising and conducting such activities. Solovyov also appealed to the heads of the Institute of Historical and Cultural Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Hermitage Museum to assist him in obtaining such open letters for archaeological excavations in the occupied territories of Ukraine. In particular, Solovyov carried out excavations on the territory of the Archaeological Monument of Ukraine "Ancient City of Acra" (Naberezhne village, Leninsky district), the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient City of Chersonesos Tavriya and its Chora" (Sevastopol), and the cultural heritage site ‘Memorial Complex of Monuments to the Defence of the City of 1854-1855 "Historical Boulevard" (Sevastopol).