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Mikhail Masson
Mikhail Yevgenyevich Masson (Russian: Михаил Евгеньевич Массон; 3 December 1897 in Saint Petersburg – 2 October 1986) was a Soviet archaeologist. He was the founder of the archaeology school in Central Asia and a professor, doctor of historical and archaeological sciences and member of the Turkmen Academy of Sciences.
He was born on 3 December 1897, in Saint Petersburg. Mikhail Evgenyevich Masson lived with his mother in Samarkand almost from his birth. He studied at the Samarkand Men's Gymnasium. In 1908-1909, he participated in the excavations of the Ulugh Beg Observatory led by the archaeologist V. L. Vyatkin. On June 1, 1912, Vyatkin appointed Masson as the head of the excavation site.
In 1916, Masson graduated from the Samarkand Gymnasium. In 1916, he began studying at the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute to become an irrigation engineer. After being called to military service, he fought on the Southwestern Front, where he was elected a member of the Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies in 1917.
In 1918, Masson returned to Samarkand. In Samarkand, he worked as the head of the Samarkand Regional Museum, enriching its collection with various exhibits. In 1924, he was transferred to Tashkent to work at the Turkestan (later Uzbek) Committee for Museum Affairs and the Preservation of Monuments of Antiquity and Art as the head of the archaeological department of the Central Asian Museum. During this time, he attended courses at the Turkestan Eastern Institute and conducted archaeological research during the restoration of historical monuments in Central Asia. He also worked as a museum affairs instructor in the Central Asian Republics.
From 1929 to 1936, Masson focused on the history of mining at the Geological Committee of Uzbekistan, where he established an extensive geological library. He combined this work with his role as the head of the archaeological sector of the Uzbek Committee for Museum Affairs and the Preservation of Monuments of Antiquity and Art. Starting in 1936, Mikhail Evgenyevich Masson served as the head of the Department of Archaeology at the Central Asian State University in Tashkent.
Mikhail Evgenyevich Masson passed away in Tashkent in 1986 and was buried in the Dombrobod Cemetery in Tashkent.
Later, one of the streets in Tashkent was named in honor of Mikhail Masson.
Parents: father - Evgeny Ludwigovich Masson, a descendant of a Russified French aristocrat who moved to Russia during the Jacobin terror, a topographer; mother - Antonina Nikolaevna Shpakovskaya. His first wife was Xenia Ivanovna, who took her own life. His second wife, Galina Anatolyevna Pugachenkova, was a renowned Soviet and archaeologist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, and researcher of Turkestan.
Mikhail Masson
Mikhail Yevgenyevich Masson (Russian: Михаил Евгеньевич Массон; 3 December 1897 in Saint Petersburg – 2 October 1986) was a Soviet archaeologist. He was the founder of the archaeology school in Central Asia and a professor, doctor of historical and archaeological sciences and member of the Turkmen Academy of Sciences.
He was born on 3 December 1897, in Saint Petersburg. Mikhail Evgenyevich Masson lived with his mother in Samarkand almost from his birth. He studied at the Samarkand Men's Gymnasium. In 1908-1909, he participated in the excavations of the Ulugh Beg Observatory led by the archaeologist V. L. Vyatkin. On June 1, 1912, Vyatkin appointed Masson as the head of the excavation site.
In 1916, Masson graduated from the Samarkand Gymnasium. In 1916, he began studying at the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute to become an irrigation engineer. After being called to military service, he fought on the Southwestern Front, where he was elected a member of the Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies in 1917.
In 1918, Masson returned to Samarkand. In Samarkand, he worked as the head of the Samarkand Regional Museum, enriching its collection with various exhibits. In 1924, he was transferred to Tashkent to work at the Turkestan (later Uzbek) Committee for Museum Affairs and the Preservation of Monuments of Antiquity and Art as the head of the archaeological department of the Central Asian Museum. During this time, he attended courses at the Turkestan Eastern Institute and conducted archaeological research during the restoration of historical monuments in Central Asia. He also worked as a museum affairs instructor in the Central Asian Republics.
From 1929 to 1936, Masson focused on the history of mining at the Geological Committee of Uzbekistan, where he established an extensive geological library. He combined this work with his role as the head of the archaeological sector of the Uzbek Committee for Museum Affairs and the Preservation of Monuments of Antiquity and Art. Starting in 1936, Mikhail Evgenyevich Masson served as the head of the Department of Archaeology at the Central Asian State University in Tashkent.
Mikhail Evgenyevich Masson passed away in Tashkent in 1986 and was buried in the Dombrobod Cemetery in Tashkent.
Later, one of the streets in Tashkent was named in honor of Mikhail Masson.
Parents: father - Evgeny Ludwigovich Masson, a descendant of a Russified French aristocrat who moved to Russia during the Jacobin terror, a topographer; mother - Antonina Nikolaevna Shpakovskaya. His first wife was Xenia Ivanovna, who took her own life. His second wife, Galina Anatolyevna Pugachenkova, was a renowned Soviet and archaeologist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, and researcher of Turkestan.