Semyon Semyonovich Abamelik-Lazarev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Semyon Semyonovich Abamelik-Lazarev

archaeologist

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1857

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1916

Profession: civil servant

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Semyon Semyonovich Abamelik-Lazarev, Semen Semenovich Abamelek-Lazarev or Abamelik-Lazaryan (1857 in Moscow – 1916 in Kislovodsk, buried in Saint-Petersburg) was a Russian-Armenian principal, archaeologist and geologist, a member of the Russian Geographical Union, and the honorary supervisor of the Lazarian Seminary in Moscow. He belonged to the historio-philological faculty of Saint-Petersburg University.
In 1881-1882 he discovered and researched the so-called "Palmirian tariff" inscription listing ancient customs rules, then researched the Jerash Greco-Roman monument in Palestine, publishing the results in two books.
He was also a successful entrepreneur who opened iron factories in the Ural region.
His villa (Villa Abamelik) in Rome was owned by the Soviet embassy. He married Princess Maria Pavlovna Demidova (Kiev, 3 February 1877 - Pratolino, 25 July 1955), a daughter of Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato, on 13 May 1897 in Helsinki.