THE OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST-ORIENTALIST, IRANIST, ART CRITIC (IN MEMORY OF A. A. IVANOV)

The article is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding scientist – the scholar of Iranian studies, art critic, head of the Department of the East of the State Hermitage Museum A. A. Ivanov, who worked at the Hermitage for al-most 70 years and distinguished himself with encyclopedic knowledge in many fields of science, was the greatest expert on antique values of many countries of the East. His role in the study of the culture and art of Iran, the study and promotion of Kubachinsky art is evaluated. The great role of A. A. is Ivanov in the study of Dagestan culture, arts and crafts of the village of Kubachi.