The opening ceremony of the exhibition dedicated to the memory of S.D. Zakharov, archeologist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior research scientist of the Institute of Archeology of the RAS, has been held in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve today, on July 29. It presents photographs of Sergey Zakharov, a film about the method of archeological excavations elaborated by him, and articles found during the digs. The display is housed in one of the halls of the permanent exhibition “Antiquities of Belozersk District” (located on the lowest floor of the Refectory).
O.V. Voronova, deputy director on preservation in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve, began the opening ceremony greeting all guests and sharing her recollections about the joint work with Sergey Zakharov, “It is very difficult to speak about Sergey Zakharov in the past tense. He was a talented, intelligent, friendly and energetic person. We are presenting this display in memory of him”.
The academic interest of Sergey Zakharov was always connected with the Vologda region. In 1991, he graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University having defended the thesis work on the subject “Historical Topography and Development Dynamics of Medieval Belozersk in the 12th-14th Centuries”. His master’s thesis was also based on the researches of Beloozero. The main scientific and expedition activity of the archeologist was connected with this medieval town. Within the last years of his life, Sergey Zakharov paid more attention to the excavations of another ancient medieval site – the Krutik settlement in the Kirillov district. He died after a serious disease in June 2015.
