Dmitry Machinsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dmitry Machinsky

Russian archaeologist

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1937

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2012

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dmitry Alexeyevich Machinsky (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ?????????, 1937 – 8 January 2012) was a Russian archaeologist.
He lived in Saint Petersburg and worked in the Hermitage Museum.
Machinsky is particularly well known for having excavated Lyubsha and other Viking settlements along the Volkhov River.
Machinsky attributed these settlements to the Rus' Khaganate, whose capital — as he believed — was Ladoga.