Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov was a Soviet archaeologist, and anthropologist who discovered the Mal'ta–Buret' culture and developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. He studied the skulls and meticulously reconstructed the faces of more than 200 people, ranging from the earliest excavated Homo sapiens and…
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science · Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist (1907–1970) · anthropologist · sculptor · archaeologist · prehistorian · inventor · artist · also Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Mikhail Gerasimov (archaeologist), Gerasimov
Born 2 September 1907 · Died 21 July 1970 · Q715743
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1991· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Russian investigators also used the methods to clarify the identities of the remains of the family of the last Tsar
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1970· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Died 1970-07-21.
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1967· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Ivan Sirko's skull was sent to Gerasimov for creation of the sculptural portrait of the legendary Cossack Otaman
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1961· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Gerasimov travelled to Europe to help the Germans find the skull of the poet Schiller from the skulls in a mass grave
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1953· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
The Soviet Ministry of Culture decided to open the tomb of Ivan the Terrible (at Cathedral of the Archangel) and Gerasimov reconstructed his face
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1950· 2 entries
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Awarded Stalin Prize, 3rd degree (1950).
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Received the USSR State Prize and the state established the Laboratory for Plastic Reconstruction (now in the Institute of Ethnology) where he continued his research
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1949· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
And also in the book "Reconstruction of the face from the skull" ("Восстановление лица по черепу"), published in 1955
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1932· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Moved to Leningrad for a graduate study
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1928· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Gerasimov studied in the archaeology department of the Irkutsk University where he studied under professor Bernhard Petri
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1907· 1 entry
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Born 1907-09-02.
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