Artemiy Artsikhovsky (December 26 (December 13, O.S.), 1902 — February 17, 1978) was a Russia

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n archaeologist and historian

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, professor

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 (since 1937), head of the department of archaeology (since 1939) of the Moscow State University

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, the discoverer of birch bark document

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s in Novgorod. Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, recipient of the USSR State Prize

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(1970, 1982 (posthumously)).

Books

• Курганы вятичей, М., 1930;
• Древнерусские миниатюры как исторический источник, [М.], 1944
• Введение в археологию, 3 изд., М., 1947
• Основы археологии, 2 изд., М., 1955
• Новые открытия в Новгороде, М., 1955 (in Russian and French)
• Новгородские грамоты на бересте, т. 1—6, М., 1953—63.