Joseph Orbeli was a Soviet-Armenian orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of Transcaucasia and administered the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951. He was the founder and first president of the... Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1887, Kutaisi, Georgia
Died: February 2, 1961 (age 73 years), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Influenced by: Nikolai Marr, Vasily Bartold, Ivane Javakhishvili, and more
Siblings: Leon Orbeli