Dmitry Aynalov

Dmitry Vlasyevich Aynalov (; – 12 December 1939) Dmitry Aynalov graduated from Mariupol Gymnasium in 1884 and then entered the History and Philology Department of the Novorossiya University in Odessa. He majored in art history and studied under the prominent art critic and archaeologist Nikodim Kondakov. By this time he had gained many awards, which earned him the rights to nobility. From 1922-1929 he worked at the Hermitage Museum.

Aynalov had an interest in archaeology. As a member of the Russian Archaeological Society, he took part in meetings and fulfilled various requests, e.g. in 1904-1905 as requested by the Moscow Archaeological Society he studied the church architecture of Chernigov. He was particularly interested in Chersonesus and the Crimean Peninsula architecture. He died in Leningrad in 1939, and was buried at the Volkovo Cemetery with his spouse Nadezhda.

Publications Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev , 1890; in collaboration with Yegor Redin The Hellenistic Foundations of Byzantine Art , 1900 The Christian Chersonesus Monuments , 1901 Études in the History of Renaissance Art , 1908 Sketches and Notes on Kievan Rus' Art History , 1914 History of Kievan Rus' Art , 1915 Byzantine Paintings of the 14th century , 1917 Études about Leonardo da Vinci , 1939