Full Name: Ravdonikas, Vladislav
Other Names:
- Vladislav Iosifovich Ravdonikas
Gender: male
Date Born: 1894
Date Died: 1976
Place Born: Tikhvin, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Place Died: St. Petersburg, Russia
Home Country/ies: Russia
Subject Area(s): ancient, archaeology, and Russian (culture or style)
Overview
Archaeologist and historian of ancient Russian art. Ravdonikas taught at Leningrad University and became a member of the Soviet version of the Academy of Sciences in 1946. He discovered several pieces of jewelry during an excavation of the 9th-13th century barrows of the Lagoda region, and studied the petroglyphs of the Onega region. Ravdonikas was able to recreate the arrangement of the old Russian town of Staraya Ladoga, where he also found wooden carvings. He died in Leningrad, USSR, present day St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sources
The Dictionary of Art