Readings in Memory of Boris Piotrovsky
12 February, 2010

PROGRAM

Beginning of the morning session at 10.00, afternoon session - at 15.00

Morning session
Opening speech of Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage
T. V. Ryabkova.To the Issue of Scythian Beads in Teishebani
A. G. Bukina.Neoptolemus in Troy. Painting of the Corinthian Pyx from the Collection of the State Hermitage
S. L. Solovjev.People of Anatolia and Problems of Ionian Colonization of the Black Sea Region
S. V. Voronyatov.Egyptian Objects in the North Periphery of the Ancient World
Z. A. Ljvova. Askold and Dir – Rurik’s Vassals (according to Bulgarian Chronicles of the 13th Century Ghazi-Baradge Tarikhy)
A. Ya.Kakovkin. Centaurs in Coptic Art
M. G. Kramorovsky. The Seljuq’sCollection of the Hermitage (In view of Anatolian Impressions)

Afternoon sessions
Yu. A. Pyatnitsky. Two Images of the Race Track in Istanbul of the 18th Century.
I. S. Artyemjeva. From the History of the Hermitage Picture Gallery. Purchase of the Collection of Consul of Udni
L. K. Kuznetsova. The Order of the Golden Fleece among Russian Coronation Jewelry
A. N. Aponasyenko. Covert Operation of the Committee on the Issues of Art in Post-war Berlin (May 1945 – May 1946)