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Vladimir Putin turns archeologist

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to the Taman Peninsula on Wednesday to visit an archeological field camp near the submerged part of the ancient... 10.08.2011, Sputnik International

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to the Taman Peninsula on Wednesday to visit an archeological field camp near the submerged part of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria

© RIA Novosti . Alexey Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to the Taman Peninsula on Wednesday to visit an archeological field camp near the submerged part of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to the Taman Peninsula on Wednesday to visit an archeological field camp near the submerged part of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria

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Expedition leader Vladimir Kuznetsov (left); Sergei Shoigu, president of the Russian Geographical Society and emergencies minister (right)

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Putin tried himself as an archeologist, picking up a brush and spending a solid two minutes cleaning an ancient ceramic container with it

© RIA Novosti . Alexey Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankPhanagoria was once the largest Greek colony on the Taman Peninsula, spreading on two plateaus along the Asian shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.

Photo: Vladimir Putin at an excavation site on the Taman Peninsula

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Phanagoria was once the largest Greek colony on the Taman Peninsula, spreading on two plateaus along the Asian shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.

Photo: Vladimir Putin at an excavation site on the Taman Peninsula

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The archeological project is partially funded by the Russian Geographical Society, whose trusteeship council is headed by Putin

© RIA Novosti . Alexey Druzhinin / Go to the mediabank"By scale and value, this monument can be compared to a rich oil deposit. Archeology is not measured in money but Phanagoria's 'capitalization' is simply astronomical," archeological expedition head Vladimir Kuznetsov said

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"By scale and value, this monument can be compared to a rich oil deposit. Archeology is not measured in money but Phanagoria's 'capitalization' is simply astronomical," archeological expedition head Vladimir Kuznetsov said

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the Taman Peninsula. Expedition chief Vladimir Kuznetsov, left.