Background
Ptchelina-Rudova, Maria Leonidovna was born on May 12, 1927 in Leningrad. Daughter of Leonid Nicolaevitch and Maria Vladimirovna Iliyna Rudova.
Ptchelina-Rudova, Maria Leonidovna was born on May 12, 1927 in Leningrad. Daughter of Leonid Nicolaevitch and Maria Vladimirovna Iliyna Rudova.
Graduate, Leningrad University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Leningrad University, 1968.
Junior assistant The Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, 1945-1947, researcher, 1953-1956, curator of Chinese paintings and Buddhist arts, since 1956. Interpreter, 1949-1953. Member committee of acquisition of museum objects, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, since 1965.
Married Georgiji Nicolaevitch Ptchelin (wid. March 1989); children: Nicolai Georgievitch, Michael Georgieovitch.