Irina Antonova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Irina Antonova
- Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova (Russian: ????? ????????????? ????????) (born 20 March 1922, Moscow) is a Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serving director of a major art museum in the world.
- Among her many awards and decorations are the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- She is now the President of the Pushkin Museum, a ceremonial post.
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