Sergei Nikolaevich Troinitsky
Sergei Nikolajewitsch Troinitski ( Russian Сергей Николаевич Тройницкий ; born August 19, 1882 in Kirov ; † February 2, 1948 ) was a Russian genealogist , art historian and heraldist .
Life
Troinitsky studied at the Imperial Law Academy in Saint Petersburg. From 1918 to 1927 Troinitsky was the successor to Dmitri Ivanovich Tolstoy director of the Hermitage in Leningrad . He was briefly followed by Oskar Waldhauer as museum director from 1928 to 1929 . In the early 1930s he resisted the sale of works and paintings from the Hermitage abroad in order to obtain foreign currency for the Soviet government. He was arrested in February 1935 and taken to Ufa with his wife . In September 1989 he was posthumously rehabilitated.
Web links
- Internet presence of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg (English, Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet presence of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg (English, Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Troinitsky, Sergei Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Тройницкий, Сергей Николаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian art historian, heraldist and genealogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirov |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1948 |