Hripsime Djanpoladjian

Hripsime Djanpoladjian, Cyrillic: Рипсимэ Микаэловна Джанполадян-Пиотровская, Armenian: Հռիփսիմե Ջանփոլադյան (26 August 1918 - 1 September 2004) was an archaeologist and epigrapher originally from Armenia.

Hripsime Djanpoladjian
Born26 August 1928
Armenia
Died1 September 2004
St Petersburg, Russia
Resting placeSmolensk Cemetery
CitizenshipArmenian
Alma materYevan State University
OccupationArchaeologist
Spouse(s)Boris Piotrovsky
ChildrenMikhail Piotrovsky

Biography

Djanpoladjian was born in 1918 on the way to Tbilisi, as her family fled from the Armenian genocide.[1] Her parents were Michael and Iranianak,[1] who already had a son Gurgen.[2] The family were wealthy and their money came Nakhichevan salt mines.[1]

After the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia, the family moved to Yerevan. After finishing school, Djanpoladjian chose to study archaeology at Yerevan State University.[3] After graduation in 1940,[4] she took part in excavations at the Karmir-Blur hill of the Teishebaini fortress city.[3] During these excavations she met her future husband, Boris Piotrovsky.[3] Djanpoladjian had excavated a figurine of the Urartian god of war, a culture which became Piotrovsky's specialism.[3] They married in Yerevan in 1944, and their son Mikhail Piotrovsky was born there.[3]

After a long illness, Djanpoladjian died in 2004 and was buried in Smolensk Cemetery next to her husband.[5]

Career

Djanpoladjian graduated with a doctorate in archaeology in 1948 entitled “Mkhitar Gosh and the Monastery of Nor Getik", which examined many of the inscriptions there.[4] This interest in epigraphy was to continue; by 1977 she and Suren Avagyan published a new catalogue of Armenian inscriptions.[6] She worked for the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Arts of the USSR and in the East Department of the Hermitage Museum.[3] In addition to her own research into medieval Armenia, she also edited all of her husband's publications, including an encyclopedic history of the Hermitage, his diaries, travel notes and autobiography.[3]

Dvin Excavations

Djanpoladjian's work on the 1951 Dvin Excavations demonstrated that it was an important centre for medieval glass production.[4] This work developed into an exploration of the glass industry in Dvin from the ninth to thirteenth centuries, with particular focus on trade with the Middle East.[7] She was able to demonstrate that Armenian craftsmen were copying Syrian glassware.[8]

  • Husband: Boris Piotrovsky
  • Son: Mikhail Piotrovsky
  • Karmir Blur Town
  • Karmir Blur Idol
  • Mkhitar Gosh's Grave
  • Ruins of Dvin, 2019

References
  1. "Ruben Angaladian". www.bvahan.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Михаил Пиотровский - историю жизни читать тут". AURORA PRIZE (in Russian). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "Скончалась Рипсимэ Джанполадян-Пиотровская". www.museum.ru. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. "Hripsime Janpoladyan's 100th Birthday" (PDF). Historical-Philological Magazine.
  5. "ПИОТРОВСКИЙ Борис Борисович (1908-1990)". funeral-spb.narod.ru. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. Ավագյան, Սուրեն Արտեմի; Ջանփոլադյան, Հռիփսիմե Միքայելի; Հնագիտության և ազգագրության ինստիտուտ ՀՍՍՀ ԳԱ, eds. (1977). Դիվան հայ վիմագրության ։: Պր. 6-րդ ։ Իջևանի շրջան. Երևան ։: ՀՍՍՀ ԳԱ հրատ.
  7. Ջանփոլադյան, Հռիփսիմե Միքայելի (1974). Առաքելյան, Բաբկեն Նիկոլայի (ed.). Դվինի միջնադարյան ապակին IX-XIII դդ. =: Средневековое стекло Двина IX-XIII вв. Հայաստանի հնագիտական հուշարձանները № 7. ՀՍՍՀ ԳԱԱ. Երևան: ՀՍՍՀ ԳԱ հրատարակչություն.
  8. ""Двор у нас был чудесный": Михаил Пиотровский о детстве в Ереване". Армянский музей Москвы и культуры наций (in Russian). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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