About Yury Mochanov
Lived 1934 – 2020 (aged 85). Yury Mochanov was a Russian archaeologist.
Yuri Mochanov (8 November 1934 – 20 October 2020) was a Russian archaeologist.
Biography Mochanov graduated from Leningrad State University in 1957 with a degree in history. He served as Deputy Director for Science at the Institute for Humanitarian Research. He discovered Upper Paleolithic Dyuktai Culture, stone tools in Diring Yuriaj in Siberia, and 1,000 different archaeological sites. In his book In Siberia, author Colin Thubron recounted his meetings with Mochanov.
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Who was Yury Mochanov?
Soviet archaeologist (1934-2020)
When was Yury Mochanov born?
Yury Mochanov was born on 18 November 1934 in Saint Petersburg.
When did Yury Mochanov die?
Yury Mochanov died on 20 October 2020 in Kyiv.
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Yury Mochanov was an archaeologist.
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Yury Mochanov was Russian.
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