Boris Kuftin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Boris Kuftin

Archaeologist, ethnographer

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1892

Place of Birth: Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1953

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnographer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Boris Alekseevich Kuftin (February 2, 1892, in Samara, Russia - August 2, 1953, in Lielupe (now a part of Jurmala) was a Soviet archaeologist and ethnographer.
From 1933 to 1953, he worked in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR.
In the 1930s, he discovered the Trialeti culture; and in 1940, he coined the term Kura-Araxes.
He participated in the South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition in the 1940s-1950s.Kuftin became a member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences in 1946.