THE HERMITAGE DIRECTOR: MUCH HAS CHANGED IN YEREVAN, BUT THE CITY HAS
NOT LOST ITS APPEARANCE AND STYLE
YEREVABN, MARCH 23. ARMINFO. President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan met
with Director of the Russian State Museum “The Hermitage,” a
member-correspondent of the RF National Academy of Sciences,
specialist in Oriental Studies, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Thursday.
The Presidential press-service reports M. Piotrovsky as expressing
pleasure with his regular visits to his native city where he grew up
and lived. Since his last visit 15 years ago, much has changed in
Yerevan, “but the city has not lost its appearance and style, it is
still a city of museums.” He emphasized the importance of the
cooperation of Russian and Armenian museums. M. Piotrovsky believes
the constant contacts, scientific conference, exchange of experience
to allow a more regulated work and the best presentation of the
Armenian culture. Given the success of the exhibition “The Treasures
of Etchmiadzin” at The Hermitage within the frames of the Year of
Armenia in Russia, a hall “Urartu” is to open at the end of the year
at the museum, M. Ptiorovsky said.