Anatoly Yakobson (archaeologist) explained

Anatoly Yakobson
Native Name:Анатолий Леопольдович Якобсон
Native Name Lang:Russian
Birth Date:22 August 1906
Birth Place:Luga, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Leningrad, Soviet Union
Citizenship:Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Alma Mater:Saint Petersburg State University
Academic Advisors:Nikolai Marr

Anatoly Leopoldovich Yakobson (Russian: Анатолий Леопольдович Якобсон; born 22 August 1906) was a Soviet archaeologist, historian of art and architecture.[1] [2] [3]

He was a Doctor of Historical Sciences (1961) and member of the Institute of Archeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[3]

Early life and education

Anatoly Yakobson was born in the family of a forester.[4] In 1922 he entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University, two years later he transferred to the archaeological department of the Faculty of Ethnology.[3] In 1927, Yakobson moved to live in Leningrad, where he studied at the Faculty of Linguistics and the History of Material Culture of Leningrad University. In 1929 he graduated from Leningrad University.

In 1941 he defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Architecture of medieval Chersonese".

Career

Since 1930, he worked in Leningrad, at the State Academy of the History of Material Culture, which in 1937 became part of the USSR Academy of Sciences as the Institute of the History of Material Culture named after Nikolai Marr.[3] In 1943, the institute was transferred to Moscow, and its branch remained in Leningrad.[3]

Anatoly Yakobson endured the Siege of Leningrad. After being evacuated to Ivanovo, he moved to Moscow and was hired by the Moscow branch of the Institute of the History of Material Culture.

In 1945, he transferred to the Leningrad branch of the same institute, where he worked until the end of his life.[5]

His research interests are: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, the Northern Black Sea region and Transcaucasia.[3] He carried out large-scale excavations in the Crimea (Tauric Chersonesus, etc.).

He is the author of more than 60 scientific works, including "Essays on the history of Armenian architecture in the 5th-17th centuries" (1950).

Scientific activity

Anatoly Yakobson took part in archaeological expeditions in Old Crimea, Sudak, Chersonese.

In 1936, he participated in the excavations of Amberd Castle in Armenia.

In the 1930s he took part in the work of the Tsimlyansk expedition.

Yakobson participated in an expedition to the Mangup settlement led by E.V. Weimarn, M.A. Tikhanova and A.L. Jacobson.

Main works

Awards

Literature

External sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jakobson, Anatolij Leopol'dovič. Czech National Authority Database.
  2. Web site: ЯКОБСОН АНАТОЛИЙ ЛЕОПОЛЬДОВИЧ. ArmenianHouse.org. ru. 19 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Якобсон Анатолий Леопольдович. Yakobson Anatoly Leopoldovich. Saint Petersburg State University. ru. 19 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Анатолий Леопольдович Якобсон (1906-1984). www.arheologija.ru. ru. 19 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Якобсон Анатолий Леопольдович Открытая Археология. xn--80aajhqhktebqcvc2c9e6cj.xn--p1ai. 2022-06-20.
  6. Web site: АРМЯНСКИЕ ХАЧКАРЫ. Armenian House. ru. 19 October 2022.

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