Background
Piotrovsky was born in Saint St. Petersburg in 1908.
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The Ancient Civilization of Urartu
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The Ancient Civilization of Urartu by Boris B. Piotrovsky (1969-05-03)
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The Ancient Civilization of Urartu by Boris B. Piotrovsky (1969-08-01)
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Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky
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Boris PIOTROVSKY, USSR Historian and archeologist. Corresponding member, Armenian Academy of Sciences, since 1954; Director, Leningrad Branch, Institute for the History, of Material Culture, now Institute of Archeology, USSR Academy of Science, since 1953; Editor, journal “Sovetskaya arkheologiya” (Soviet Archeology), since 1958. Stalin Prize, 1946.
Education
Saint St. Petersburg State University.
Career
He is best known as a key figure in the study of the Urartian civilization of the southern Caucasus. From 1964 until his death, Piotrovsky was also Director of the Hermitage Museum in Saint St. Petersburg. He specialized in the history and archaeology of the Caucasus region and beginning in the 1930s, he began to acquaint himself with Urartian civilization.
He was the head of 1939 excavations that uncovered the Urartian fortress of Teishebaini in Armenia (known in Armenian as Karmir Blur, or Red Hill).
Evidence found there has been key in understanding the Urartian civilization. Piotrovsky lead further excavations in Armenia in the ancient settlements of Tsovinar, Redkig-lager, Vanadzor (formerly Kirovakan) and Aygevan until 1971.
These were not Piotrovsky"s sole contributions in the archaeological field, however. Piotrovsky worked elsewhere in the Caucasus, especially on the Scythian culture.
In 1961, he was placed at the head of an expedition of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences to study Nubian monuments in Egypt.
The Hermitage holds an annual conference in his honor. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Leningrad 1990 at the age of 82.
Achievements
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Hero of Socialist Labor (1983) Three Orders of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour Medal "Foreign the Defence of Leningrad" Medal "Foreign Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France).
Works
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Religion
Major religious moral codes dehumanise individuals outside their group as less worthy. Results can vary from discrimination to genocide.
Politics
Hero of Socialist Labor (1983).
Views
The role of the individual as a member of a collective is more important than the individual.
Membership
Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Education
Awards
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State Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of Merit for Arts and Science; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Pour le Mérite Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; State Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Order of the October Revolution; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"State Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of Merit for Arts and Science; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Pour le Mérite Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; State Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Order of the October Revolution; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
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State Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of Merit for Arts and Science; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Pour le Mérite Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; State Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Order of the October Revolution; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"State Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of Merit for Arts and Science; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Pour le Mérite Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; State Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Order of the October Revolution; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"