Anatoly Nikolaevich Kirpichnikov (25 June 1929 - 16 October 2020) was a Soviet and Russian archaeologist. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1991). Honorary citizen of the Leningrad oblast (2013).

Anatoly Kirpichnikov
Anatoly Kirpichnikov by Alexander Seleznev Aug 24 2017 (cropped)
Born25 June 1929
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Died16 October 2020
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
CitizenshipUSSR, Russia
Academic background
EducationLeningrad State University
Alma materLeningrad State University
Academic work
Disciplinearcheologist, historian
Sub-disciplineMedieval history
InstitutionsRussian Academy of Sciences
Notable studentsKlim Zhukov

Biography edit

Anatoly Nikolaevich Kirpichnikov was born on June 25, 1929 in the city of Leningrad, now the city of St. Petersburg. During the blockade, his mother worked as a doctor at plant No. 181 and died during artillery shelling in July 1943.[1]

He graduated from the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University. Since 1955 he worked at the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1963, at the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Archeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, he defended his candidate’s thesis “Russian melee weapons (X-XIII centuries)”, and in 1975 at the Institute of Archeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, he presented his doctoral dissertation “Military Affairs of Rus' in the 9th-15th centuries.”.

He was a head of excavations in Staraya Ladoga. Member of the scientific council of the Russian Military Historical Society.[2]

The main range of scientific interests were history, archeology, culture and architecture of Ancient Rus' and neighboring countries.He is an author of more than 650 scientific works, including 16 monographs.[3]

On November 25, 2009, he publicly opposed the construction of the Okhta Center tower in St. Petersburg.[4]

Anatoly Kirpichnikov died on October 16, 2020.[5] He was buried at the Alekseevskoye cemetery in the village of Staraya Ladoga, Staraya Ladoga rural settlement, Volkhov district, Leningrad region.[6] A monument was erected on his grave.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Открывший миру Старую Ладогу. Ушел из жизни Анатолий Кирпичников". spbvedomosti.ru (in Russian). 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ "НАУЧНЫЙ СОВЕТ". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19.
  3. ^ "Кирпичников Анатолий Николаевич". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12.
  4. ^ "Люди творческих профессий больше подвержены стрессу". 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Скончался руководитель раскопок в Старой Ладоге Анатолий Кирпичников". 2020-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17.
  6. ^ "Навечно в Старой Ладоге". 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Изготовили и установили постамент археологу А.Н.Кирпичникову". Archived from the original on 27 August 2022.