Alexander Ivanovich Samoshkin
Alexander Ivanovich Samoschkin ( Russian Александр Иванович Замошкин ; born September 5, 1899 in Moscow , † May 28, 1977 ) was a Russian artist , author and museum director.
Life
From 1941 to 1951 Samoshkin was the museum director of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow . During World War II he directed the evacuation and removal of the paintings from the Tretyakov Gallery. As the successor to Nikolai Slonevski , he was director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow from 1954 to 1961 . He was succeeded as museum director by Irina Alexandrovna Antonova in 1961 .
Samoshkin was married. His son was the philosopher and sociologist Yuri Alexandrowitsch Samoschkin (1927-1993).
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| SURNAME | Samoshkin, Alexander Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Замошкин, Александр Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1977 |