- known as
- art historian, museum professional, television presenter, memoirist
- fields
- history of art, art history
- degrees
- Doctor of Sciences in History of art
- awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Order of the October Revolution, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Lev Nikolaev Gold Medal, Decoration "For Beneficence", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class, State Prize of the Russian Federation, 1995, Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Order of the Rising Sun, Knight of the Legion of Honour, State Prize of the Russian Federation, 2017, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- member of
- fourth Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR