Svetlana Berzina

Svetlana Berzina
Светлана Берзина
Born(1932-03-07)7 March 1932
Died24 April 2012(2012-04-24) (aged 80)
Moscow, Russia
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsState Museum of Oriental Art

Svetlana Yakovlevna Berzina (Russian: Светлана Яковлевна Берзина; 7 March 1932, in Moscow – 24 April 2012, in Moscow) was an important Russian Egyptologist. A doctor nauk of history (1977), she was a member of the board of the USSR-ARE Society (1987), was awarded the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997), Honoured Worker of the Russian Federation (1999), Chief Research Officer of the Department of the History of Material Culture and Ancient Art of the East at the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow.