Mikhail Piotrovsky

Since 1992 he has held the position of the Director of the State Hermitage. President of the Union of Museums of Russia, full-fledged member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Mikhail Piotrovsky is a member of the Council of Europe Consulting Group on Exhibition Activities, a member of the Russian Committee for UNESCO Affairs, a member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts, and of the Presidential Council for Science and Education. He has been awarded Orders of Merit, 4th and 3rd Class, the Presidential Prize in Literature and Arts, and the St. Petersburg Tercentennial Medal.