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Following his graduation, Orbeli departed for
Armenia once more. He became the director of an on-site museum that was established at Ani and, during Marr's absences, frequently headed the excavations himself. He also traveled to
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Gradually, Orbeli was emerging as the leading authority on
Armenian antiquities in the world. In 1912, he became a member of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society and in 1914, he began teaching
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He continued his work at Saint
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orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of
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monuments and conduct research on
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from 1934 to 1951. He was the founder and first president of the
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in July 1934, which he would steer through the hardships of
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