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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Hermitage Museum · Alexandria

Place · 1764 CE

Hermitage Museum

Also known as

Amgueddfa Hermitage
Bảo tàng Ermitage
Bảo tàng Ermitazh
Bảo tàng Hermitage
Državni ermitaž
Državni muzej Ermitaž

Image illustrating Hermitage Museum — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Hermitage Museumsee Wikimedia Commons

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founded byCatherine II of Russia1729 CE
in countryRussian Empire1721 CE
containsDeath of Adonis1710s CE
employedDmitry Machinsky1937 CE
employedEmil Wiesel1866 CE

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employed

Klim Zhukov1977 CE

employedMirzajon Baykeyev1868 CE

employedRichard Vasmer1888 CE

employedБелов, Григорий Дмитриевич1898 CE