Martha Kryzhanovskaya, one of Hermitage's oldest staff, died at the age of 96 of life. About this Write Press services of cultural organizations.

The museum realized that for many years, Martha Yanovna has been involved in scientific activities, passed down to the younger generation of her special experienced hidden experiences about the researcher and the goalkeeper.
Later, Martha Yanovna did not think about her life without a hermit or press service.
Martha Yanovna Kryzhanovskaya was born in March 1930, survived with her mother blockade Leningrad.
In 1953, she graduated from the Repin Institute at the Leningrad Branch of the Soviet Art Academy with art history. In March 1960, she started working at the Western European Applied Art Ministry (Ozepa).
Kryzhanovskaya studied the works of the Middle Ages in the process of working in Hermitage. A new permanent exhibition dedicated to European applied arts of the 11th century XV has been developed in cultural organizations under its leadership.
Marta Yanovna – candidate for art history and cultural characters of Russia. Throughout her life, she wrote a number of books about Western Middle Ages, compiled categories, published about one hundred scientific articles.
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