AZG Armenian Daily #052, 23/03/2006

People

MEETING WITH MIKHAIL PIATROVSKY

Our newspaper has already informed that The Caucasian Democracy
Institute invited Mikhail Piatrovsky, director of the Hermitage
Museum, to pay a visit to Armenia. Piatrovsky was born in Yerevan. His
parents were outstanding Soviet scientists and archeologists Hripsime
Janpoladian, and Boris Piatrovsky. Mikhail Piatrovsky is a specialist
of Eastern Philology, particularly, Arabian Literature. He
participated in many scientific archeological expeditions. Since 1991,
Mr. Piatrovsky is appointed the director of Hermitage Museum.

Piatrovsky is a member of RF Academy of Science, professor at
St. Petersburg State University, member of Russian Committee of
UNESCO, as well as member of the International Union of Museums.

Mr. Piatrovsky represented the current state of Hermitage Museum,
touched upon its exhibitions, the restoration works at yesterday’s
press conference in Yerevan. He also spoke the cooperation plans with
the Armenian museums. Mr. Piatrovsky emphasized the importance of
culture for development of human kind. Naturally, he spoke of the
collection of the Armenian exponents that are held in Hermitage that
amount to 500-1000 samples. He said that they proudly represent the
Urartu culture to the world.

By Melanya Badalian

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress