About Dmitry Machinsky
Lived 1937 – 2012 (aged 74). Dmitry Machinsky was a Russian anthropologist, archaeologist and historian.
Dmitry Alexeyevich Machinsky (, 1937 – 8 January 2012) was a Russian archaeologist. He lived in Saint Petersburg and worked in the Hermitage Museum. Machinsky is particularly well known for having excavated Lyubsha and other Viking settlements along the Volkhov River. Machinsky attributed these settlements to the Rus' Khaganate, whose capital — as he believed — was Ladoga.
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Who was Dmitry Machinsky?
Russian archaeologist (1937–2012)
When was Dmitry Machinsky born?
Dmitry Machinsky was born on 6 October 1937 in Saint Petersburg.
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Dmitry Machinsky died on 8 January 2012 in Saint Petersburg.
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Dmitry Machinsky was an anthropologist, archaeologist and historian.
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Dmitry Machinsky was Russian.
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